chiefly to the Birds of India. 175 



height of the cold season, but in places where it was hopeless to 

 think of knocking one over, or of picking it up if brought down — 

 on steep bamboo-clad hill-sides, with a few exogenous trees 

 sprinkled everywhere — localities where Pitta cijanea showed oc- 

 casionally, easily recognizable by its colouring, even at a sud- 

 den momentary glance. 



Chetusia cinerea, nobis (1842), from Bengal and Burma, 

 is a much larger species than C. innotata, Temminck & Schlegel 

 (1850), of Japan, with which it has been erroneously identified, 

 though quite similar in colouring. C. sjnxi, from Africa, is inter- 

 mediate in size, with the black upon the tail more developed. 

 Length of closed wing in C. cinerea 9'75 in., in C. innotata, 8 in. ; 

 of tarsus respectively 3*25 and 2*85 in. ; bill from forehead 1"5 

 and 1"25 in. The coloured figure of C. innotata in the ' Fauna 

 Japonica ' is misnamed melanoleuca ; and in the description 

 (p. 107) the allied Indian species is described as to be distin- 

 guished " par une taille beaucoup plus forte." 



Sarciophorus bilobus has the crown black at the breeding- 

 season, brown in winter (this in reference to Capt. Beavan's 

 remarks. Ibis, 1868, p. 391). 



Charadrius indicus, apud Schlegel. From Nipal (Hodgson) . 

 A single specimen at Leyden, which would appear to have about 

 the same claim to the designation indicus as the Gull-biiled 

 Tern [Gelochelidon anglica) has to its specific denomination. It 

 is like C. tricollaris of South Africa, but larger, with no v.'hite 

 on forehead, and four dark bands on the inner web of the outer- 

 most and penultimate tail-feathers ; white occipital crescent, 

 passing forwards to above but not anterior to the orbits ; a broad 

 black gorget, crossed by a white band, which divides it into two 

 narrower black bands; throat albescent; bill black at tip, ap- 

 parently orange-coloured at base; feet probably orange-co- 

 loured*. Length of wing 5 inches, of tail 2*875 in., and of bill 

 from forehead '625 in. 



Charadrtus tekoni= C. pnsillus, Horstield. 



Thresciornis melanocephalus. Contrary to what is stated 



* Dr. Jerdon states erroneously tliat the legs of C. philippensis are 

 yellow, instead of pale flesh-colour. 



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