chiefly to the Birds of India. 161 



walleri, Diggles, from Australia^ must alike subside to the rank 

 of synonyms of Scelostrix Candida {vide antea, p. 119). 



HuHUA ORiENTALis. There is a specimen of this bird from 

 Java in the Leyden Museum, which corresponds to H. pectoralis 

 of Jerdon ; and the latter, therefore, has been rightly assigned 

 by Bonaparte to H. orientalis, which must now be included in the 

 fauna of Southern India. Bubo orientalis minor of Prof. Schlegel 

 fromBanka, is a diminutive of his B. orientalis, the former having 

 the wing from 13 to 14 inches long, the latter 15 to 16 inches. 



HiRUNDO DAUURICA and H. ERYTHROPYGIA. Mr. W. E. 



Brooks tells us (Ibis, 1869, p. 46) that " the Himalayan bird 

 is rather larger than that of the plains,'^ or that, " in other words, 

 the hill-bird answers perfectly to the description of H. dauurica, 

 and the bird of the plains to that of H. erythropygia." Dr. 

 Stoliczka, however, remarks (J. A. S. B. 1868, p. 17) that "the 

 smaller type, which Blyth considers as distinct from H. dauurica, 

 Linn., is common all through the Sutlej valley, especially 

 in the portion between Kotegurh and the frontier of Silut.^^ 

 Capt. Beavan gives the length of wing in a Simla specimen as 

 4*5 in. only, which should indicate the smaller race or species 

 (Ibis, 1869, p. 404). 



Cypselus subfurcatus, nobis, is labelled C. leucorrhous, S. 

 Miiller, in the Leyden Museum, but is not C. leucorrhous 

 (Steph.). 



Cypselus pacificus and C. leuconyx. It is quite a mistake 

 on the part of Dr. Stohczka (J. A. S. B. 1868, p. 18) to suppose 

 that these differ only in the colour of their claws. C pacificus is 

 much more robust, with a conspicuously larger foot. It appears 

 to be found throughout the Malay countries; and in the Tenas- 

 serim provinces it occurs so high as Maulmein, where I have 

 seen it upon the wing (far beyond the reach of shot), and where 

 Col. Tickell obtained a specimen which he sent to the Asiatic 

 Society. C acuticauda, nobis (considered a dubious species 

 by Dr. Stoliczka), is much more nearly akin to C. leuconyx than 

 it is to C. apus, but is blacker and has no white band crossing 

 the rump. 



