Extracts from Correspondence, Announcements, &^c. 411 



"Numenius minor, Miiller. A pair of Whimbrels, brought in 

 at the close of April, are certainly referable to the bird of the 



* Fauna Japouica/ and not to N. phceopus of Linnaeus. 



"Chibia hottentotta (Linn.). I was truly astonished to receive 

 one of this species on the 29th April. A reference to Gray's 



* Genera' at once told me what it was. Its gizzard contained 

 the remains of wasps. 



"Porzana erythrothorax, Teram. et Schl. A male brought in 

 on 1st May. It is very similar to, but rather larger than, 

 P. fusca of Bengal, but the differences are hardly sufficient to 

 warrant a separation. 



" Gallicrex cristata (L.). A fine male, brought in on 2nd May. 



" Dicrurus cinerascens, $ . Brought in on 3rd ]\Iay. 



''These acquisitions add fourteen more to the Amoylist of birds. 



" I have at last succeeded in procuring mature specimens of 

 our Budytes. The pair brought to me have both grey heads, 

 with white eyebrows and chins, and iu other respects answer 

 most minutely to B. flava of Linnseus. 



'' Anthus thermophihs, Hodgson (?), still puzzles me. In 

 summer the spots on the breast disappear, and give place to a 

 deep rosy-buff tinge. Mr. Blyth thinks the Chinese species is 

 identical with his A. rufo-superciliaris from the Andamans, but 

 further comparison is required. 



" I have lately received several specimens of our Tchitrea. 

 They all have bright purple-red backs ; and I cannot agree with 

 you in referring them to T. principalis of the ' Fauna Japonica.' 



" Dr. Hanse, the botanist, writes me that a friend of his shot 

 three Parrakeets near Canton. I must therefore acknowledge 

 my ignorance, and allow that the specimens of Loriculus puni- 

 culus in the British Museum, which Mr. Fortune purchased at 

 Canton, were probably procured in that neighbourhood. 



"I have lately received from Foochovv a fine specimen of 

 Megalama virens (Bodd.) . It was brought down, according to the 

 accounts I received, from the hilly regions of Yunnan, alive. I see 

 this uncouth-looking bird has already been noted from China." 



"Amoy, May 18, 1861. 



"My shooters have just brought in several birds new to this 

 place ; namelv, of 



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