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mens^ procured by M. Harmand, enabled M. Oustalet to dis- 

 tinguisli the species from Ibis papulosa. These differences 

 are pointed out, and the species referred to the genus Ge- 

 ronticus under the name G. harmandi. Figures of these ap- 

 parently fine novelties would be very acceptable. 



XLIV. — Letters, Announcements, S^c. 



The following letters, addressed " To the Editors of ' The 

 Ibis/ ''■' have been received : — 



Sirs, — Permit me, in the cause of scientific exactness, to 

 remark that the artist has coloured the crissum of JEgithina 

 viridissima (^ [antea, pi. v.) green instead of bright yellow, 

 and that he has made the subdued brown marks on the under 

 surface of the rectrices ofPrifiia rajflesi [antea, pi. vi. f. 1) ter- 

 minal instead of subterminal. 



Yours, &c., 



TWEEDUALE. 



Chislehiirst, July 7, 1877. 



Sirs, — In the April number of "^ Stray Feathers' for this 

 year (p. 57, note), Mr. Hume remarks that Horeites sericea, 

 Walden (Blyth, B. Burma, no. 392), from the Karen hills, is 

 uncommonly close to Phylloscopus pallidi'pes , Blanford (J. A. 

 S. B. 1872, pt. ii. p. 162, t. vii. f. 1). Since describing H. 

 sericea I have been able to compare it with Sikhim examples, 

 marked P. pallidipes, Blanf. ; and I find that the two birds 

 are identical. The widely erroneous generic position assigned 

 to his species by Mr. Blanford is my only excuse for being 

 guilty of the oflFence of bestowing a fresh title on a previ- 

 ously described and admittedly good species. Mr. Hume 

 also observes [t. c. p. 60) that Alcippe magnirostris, Walden, 

 from the Karen hills [t. c. no. 369) is A. phayrei, Blyth 

 (J. A. S.B. 1815, p. 601). Mr. Blyth may have been in 

 error when he identified (B. Burma, no. 368) A. phayrei with 

 A. nipalensis ; but I am unable for the moment to decide 



