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chiefly to the Birds of India. 169 



Calcutta Museum. It was considerably larger in its dimensions 

 than any one of several European examples of R. cristatus which I 

 had for comparison ; and Mr, Gould independently separated the 

 Himalayan bird for the same reason. Dr. Stoliczka gives some 

 details concerning its range of distribution north of India 

 (J. A. S.B. 1868, p. 47^). 



" Sylvia [Reguloides ?] leucorrhoa, S. Miiller/^ in the 

 Leyden Museum, from Java, is Pi/cnosphi-i/s grammiceps, Strickl. 

 (Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 124, pi. 34. fig. 1). (C/. Ibis, 1867, p. 28.) 



"Abrornis scHWANERi (Temm.),"sp. nondescr. Dull ruddy- -^ 

 green above, yellow below ; crown and ear-coverts dusky ; throat 

 and front of neck dull whitish ; a slight pale supercilium ; rictal 

 bristles conspicuous; tail somewhat ruddy ; wing 2*25 in. Hah. 

 "Borneo." Leyden Museum. 



*'A. ATRiCAPiLLA, Tcmm,", sp. nondescr. Yellowish green 

 above, yellowish on the forehead, cheeks, and underparts ; the 

 whole vertex black. Hab. " China " f- Leyden Museum. 



* In races which differ only in size, some are remarkably constant (so 

 far as known as yet), e. g. Prntincola bicolor and P. caprata, Hemicercus 

 cmiente and H. cordatus. In Pyrrhula vulgaris the size is always small 

 in the British Islands, and large (P. coccinea) in Scandinavia ; while in 

 the Gei'man birds sold commonly in the London shops I have remarked 

 much difference of size, and I suspect (from what I have seen of them) 

 that a gradation from that of the Scandinavian to that of the British 

 Bullfinch might be obtained. The assumed diversity of Fregilus himala- 

 yanns from F. graculus has been disproved by Herr v. Pelzeln (Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 317) ; and exceptionally large specimens of Corvus corax would seem 

 to occur now and then in Europe as well as in Tibet, which is adverse to 

 the admission of C. tihetmms as a permanent and distinct race, as I pre- 

 sume also to that of C, maximus (Ibis, 1869, p. 393 ; vide Stoliczka, 

 J. A. S. B. 1868, p. 54, note, and Layard, Ibis, 1868, pp. 246, 247). 



t The two following species in the Leyden Museum are akin to 

 Phylloscopus ; but it was getting dark when I noted them, and I neglected 

 to examine them afterwards : — 



" Sylvia presbytes, S. Miill.", sp. n. Dusky green above, with dusky \ 



cap, and conspicuous whitish supercilia; three outer tail-feathers more 

 or less completely white in different specimens ; throat and front of neck 

 whitish, the rest of the lower parts tinged with yellow. Hab. " Timor." 



" S. viBESCENS, S. Miill.", sp. n. Dull greenish-brown above, whitish ■ 



below ; tail somewhat ruddy ; bill rather short, wing 2 in. Hab. " New 

 Guinea." 



