114 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplement ai-y Notes 



the culmen and nostrils, which last are round, open, and partly 

 exposed. Wings moderate, fourth primary longest. Tail very 

 slightly rounded, composed of ten feathers. Toes slender, 

 middle one nearly as long as the tarsus, outer longer than the 

 inner one. 



The only species known is 



Amblyornis inornata. 



Ptilonorhynchus inornatus, Schleg. Tijdsch. v. d. Dierk. pt. v. 

 p. 51(1871). 



Head and iipper part of back rufous brown ; rest of upper 

 parts dark brown. Wings rufous brown ; primaries dark brown. 

 Entire underparts dark buff. Tail dark brown. Bill, feet, 

 and tarsi black. The specimen is marked as a male; but it 

 may possibly be one in immature dress, and the full-plumaged 

 male may have a very different appearance from the one described 

 in this paper ; but that fact the acquisition of additional speci- 

 mens in all stages can alone determine. 



Hab. Interior of New Guinea. 



XV. — Supplementary Notes to ' The Birds of India.' By T. C. 

 Jerdon, F.L.S., r.Z.S., Retired Deputy Inspector-General 

 of Hospitals, Madras. 



[Continued from p. 22.] 

 (Plate VII.) 



256. Lanius lahtora. 



This Shrike is now known to extend to Eastern Africa, L. 

 pallens of Cassin, and L. dealbatus, De Fil., being considered 

 synonyms. 



257. Lanius erythronotus. 



Mr. Blyth, in his commentary, appears to have accepted 

 my joining his L. caniceps with L. erythronotus ; but Hume 

 and others still consider them distinct; and I am now inclined 

 to agree with them, and place it as another species : — 



257 bis. Lanius caniceps, Blyth. 



Besides the distinctions pointed out in the text, Hume states 



