174 Mr. Blyth's Notes relating 



I have described them (Ibis, 1865, p. 28, note) in the 'Bengal 

 Sporting Magazine' for 1836, p. 100. 



EuPLOCAMUS PiRRHONOTUs, Sclater, = P/msiffWMS personatus, 

 Temm. MS., in Leyden Museum ; female distinguished from that 

 of E. erythrophthalmus by the brown colouring of its throat. 



Arboricola GiNGiCA {Perdix ghigica, Latham, Temm. Gall. 

 V. 3, p. 410). Upper parts as in P. rufogularis, nobis, but the 

 head browner, with a broad white supercilium spotted with 

 black; throat and sides of the neck pale ferruginous, with elongate 

 black spots, not transversely oval as in A. rufogularis; lower 

 part of the front of the neck black, forming a triangular patch, 

 which is bordered below with a white semicircle, and this by a 

 broader semicircle of a deep maroon colour; lower parts ashy, 

 passing to white on the middle of the belly, the feathers on the 

 flanks being margined laterally with ferruginous; wing 5 in. 

 Hab. ? marked " Coromandel." 



The following species of Arboricola are represented in the 

 Leyden Museum : — 1. yl. javanica, from Java and Sumatra. 

 2. A. personata, from Java. 3. A. atrogularis. Hab. Sylhet 

 and Assam. 4. A. torqueola [megapodia, Temm.), from the 

 Himalaya. 5. A. rnfugularis. Hab. East Himalaya and Tenas- 



serim. 6. A.gingica. Hab.- ? (Philippines ?). 7. A.charl- 



toni, Eyton [piyrrhogaster, Reich.), Pinang. A bird of this genus 

 on the Coromandel coast could not possibly have escaped the 

 attention of naturalists and sportsmen in the Madras Presidency 

 {cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 161). 



With regard to the remark of Capt Beavan (Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 385) respecting the habits of Arboricola torqueola and A. 

 rufogularis, I must refer the reader to Dr. Stoliczka's observations 

 (J. A. S. B. 1868, p. 69). According to him, A. torqueola " is 

 very solitary in its habits, and during the summer it is generally 

 met with only near the limit of trees, or near the snows ; it 

 comes down to Kotegurh, Simla, and other places merely in 

 winter ; as soon as the snow begins to melt on the higher ranges, 

 it immediately retires to the interior." Capt. Beavan does not 

 mention the season at which he saw Arboricola in coveys. I 

 saw them rise solitarily in the Tenasserim provinces during the 



