504 THE IDENTITY OF PELLOENEUM MINUS, HUME, WITH [1877. 



143. Glareola orientalis. 



Glareola orientalis, Leach, Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 132, t. 13. f. 1, 2, "Java" (1820). 



144. Tringoides htpoleucus. 



Tringa hypoleucos, Linn. S. N. i. p. 250 (1766). 



145. TOTANUS GLAREOLA. 



Tringa glareola, Linn. S. N. i. p. 250 (1766). 



Ibis, 1877, 146. ErTTHRA PH(ENICURA. 



p. 323. 



Balhis phceniciinis, Forster, Zool. Ind. p. 19, t. 9, "Ceylon" (1781). 



{\) Ballus sumafranus, Raffles, t. c. p. 328, "Sumatra" (1821). 



147. BUTORIDES JAVANICA. 



Ardea javanica, Horsf. t. c. p. 190, "Java" (1820); Eaffles, t. c. p. 326, "Sumatra." 



148. Ardea purpurea. 



Ardea purpurea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 236 (1766). 



149. Demiegretta sacra. 



Ardea sacra, Gm. S. N. i. p. 640 (1788). 



150. Sterna media. 



Sterna media, Horsf. I. c. p. 198, "Java" (1820) ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 655. 



151. Sterna bergii. 



Sterna bergii, Lichtenst. Verzeich. p. 80, "South Africa" (1823) ; Saunders, t. c. p. 657. 

 I am indebted to Mr. Saunders for the identification of these two Terns. 



■'■^'^'gl''^' Letter on the identity o/Pellorneum minus, Hume, with P. subochraceum, Swinhoe, and 



P. tickelli, Blyth,from the Marquis of Tweeddale to the Editors of '■The Ibis' (July 1877). 



Sirs, — In 1875 the Asiatic Society of Bengal did me the honour of intrusting to me the task 

 of editing the posthumous Catalogue of the Birds of Burma written by Mr. Blyth. While in no 

 degree underrating the responsibility of the duty I was asked to perform, I accepted the trust 

 386 '^^i*'^ so'^^ confidence, because Mr. Blyth, not very long before his lamented death, had gone 

 through all his manuscript with me at Chislehurst, and, Avhile inviting the freest criticism, only 

 made such alterations as he was satisfied in his mind were well founded. It is needless to say 



