to ' The Birds of India.' 1 1 7 



Dimensions of a Darjeeling specimen : — Length 5| inches, 

 wing 2|, extent 8. 



The Himalayan bird is distinctly larger,has a somewhat longer 

 tail, and the back is always sooty-brown in place of the glossy 

 black of the Neelgherry bird. The nest of the Himalayan bird 

 has been noted as made of the hair of horses, cows, or goats; 

 and the eggs, four in number, as being pale sea-green, spotted 

 with rufous brown, and with an indistinct ring. 



At page 414, 4th line from the top, after " Bonaparte/^ add 

 " to belong.'' 



270. Graucalus macei. 



This is only found in Northern India. The Southern race 

 will stand now as 



270 bis. Graucalus layardi, Blyth, olim G.pusillus,'S\. 



The Lesser Cuckoo-Shrike. 



This differs from its northern congener in its smaller size, in 

 the lower wing-coverts being strongly barred, in the abdominal 

 bars being fewer and broader, and not present in the fully adult 

 male, and in the outer tail-feathers being only slightly tipped 

 with white. Wing 6 inches, tail 4, these parts in the northern 

 bird being respectively 7 and 5^. This species is found in 

 Southern India and Ceylon ; but I have no information how far 

 it extends through Central India. 



Blyth notices that the Malayan G.javensis resembles G. layardi 

 in size, but G. macei in colour. A Ceylon specimen in Lord 

 Waldeu's collection has the wing only 5| inches, and the bill 

 smaller than in specimens from Southern India. 



271. Pericrocotus speciosus. 

 Figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. ix. pi. 3. 



273. Pericrocotus flammeus. 



Figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. ix. pi. 4. 



I have seen an Assam specimen that I could not distinguish 

 from those of Southern India ; and Blyth also says, " Specimens 

 from Assam do not aj)pear to differ ivom flammeus )" so we may 

 add P. p.leyans, M'Clelland, to the synonyms of this species. 



