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Governor of Java, in 1813 and 1817. It was not until 1819 that 

 Dr. Horsfield presented specimens on his own account. 



The following EaflElesian types were added to the Museum by the 

 dispersion of the India Museum: — Spizaetits caUfjatus, Ninox scutulata, 

 Lanius divaricatus (? = L. tigrinus), Tephrodornis gularis, Mixornis 

 gularis, ^thojjyga siparaja, Chrysococcyx malayanns, Zandostomus 

 sumatranus, Bhinortha chlorophaa, Micropternus badius, Gecinus affinis, 

 Chotorhea versicolor, Tanygnathus sumatranus, Ducula badia, Eallina 

 fasciata, Eurylxmus ochromelas, Corydon sumatranus, Calyptomtna 

 vii'idis. 



There were also the types of Colonel Sykes's collection from the Deccan, 

 described by him in the '• Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1832 " 

 (pp.77-99) : — Columha elphmstonei, Sykes, Accipiter dukhunensis ( = Astur 

 badius'), Astur hyder ( = Butastur teesa). Circus pallidus ( = C. macrurus). 

 Circus variegatus ( = C. xruginosus), Milvus govinda, Muscicapa poonensis 

 (^= Alseonax latirostris), M. cxruleocephala {— Hypothymis azurea), 

 Hemipus jncatus, Petrocincla maal ( = Monticola cyaiia), Argya malcohni, 

 Crateropus somervillei, Pomatorlii7ius horsjieldi, Hypolais rama, Burnesia 

 socialis, Prima inorwda, Ortlwtomus benetti and 0. lingoo {= Sutoria 

 sutoria), Budytes beema, B. mdanocej)liala, Motacilla melanocep)halus 

 (= M. feldeggi), Megalurus ruficeps {= Pellornexim ruficeps), Anthus 

 agilis {— A. trivialis), Saxicola bicolor and >S'. erythropygia {— Pratincola 

 caprata'), 8. rubeculoides (= Muscicapa albicilla), Calandrella dtikhu- 

 nensis, Spizalauda dera, Emberiza subcristata ( = Melophus melanicterus), 

 Lonchura cheet (= Aldemosyne malabarica), Pastor mahrattenbis, Corvus 

 culminatus, Pstttacus melanorhyncJius (= Palxornis peristerodes), Cin- 

 nyris vigorsi, C. minima, C. concolor ( = ^1. vigorsi, ? ). 



In addition to these very important types there are also those of several 

 species described by Mr. Frederic Moore : — Brachypteryx nipalensis, 

 Pnoepyga longicaudata, Alcippe cantori (= Malacopterum affine, Blyth), 

 Turdinus magnirostris, Microtarsus olivaccus (= Pycnonotus simplex), 

 M. cantori (= Pinarociclda euptilosa), Eypsip)etes nicobariensis, Ixulus 

 castaneiceps (= StapJiidia castaneiceps), Irena malayensis ( = /. cyanea), 

 Nemura hodgsoni {= Nitidida hodgsoni), Ruticilla nipalensis (= i?. 

 riifiventris), E. hodgsoni, R. vigorsi (= i?. erythrogaster), B. rufogularis 

 (^li. erythronota), Orthotomus flavoviridis (= 0. atrigularis), Horeites 

 major, Suya atrogularis, Prinia nipalensis (= P. inornata), Abrornis 

 albigularis, A. hodgsoni, A. affinis. Accentor hiUtoni {= A. atrigularis), 

 A. rubeculoides, ^githaliscus leucogenys, Otocorys longirosfris, Emberiza 

 stracheyi, E. castaneiceps, Uroloncha leucogastroides, Corvus sinensis 

 (= C. levaillanti), C. tenuirostris, Megalxmamacclellandi (^= Tliereiceryx 

 lineata), Chrysococcyx hodgsoni {= C. maculatus), Upupa nigripennis, 

 Arachnothera temmincki (^= A. crassirostris). 



Of McClelland's species described in the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society " for 1839 (pp. 146-167), the types of ihe following were acquired 

 from the India Museum: — Spizaetus (= Astur) rufitinctus, Tinnuncidus 

 inter stinctus, Hirundo brevirostris (= Collocalia brevirostris), H. brevi- 

 caudata (= Clivicola sinensis), Phoenicornis elegans (= Pericrocotus 

 speciosus) (cf. Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, I., p. 479), P. affinis (= P. 

 brevirostris), Muscicapa ( = Hemipus) capitalis, dole macclellandi, Eypsipetes 

 gracilis (= JJoptila gracilis), Graucalus maculosus (= Campiophaga 

 lugubris), lanthocincla gularis, I. lunaris ( = Dryonastes ruficollis), Ixus 

 monticola (= Otocompsa joco&a) , Saxicola olivea{= Oligura cyaniventer), 

 Liothrix lepida (= Siva cyanuroptera), 1.. signata (= -Mltava mac- 

 gregoriie), L. ornata (= Minla ignotincta, but the type was apparently 



