176 Mr. P. L. Sclater on 



in Mr. Gould^s ' Hand-book of the Birds of Australia/ this 

 species differs from T. athiopicus, and resembles the Australian 

 T. stridipennis in having the long pectoral plumes when in breed- 

 ing-dress. The naked portion of the neck is considerably less 

 extended than in T. cethiopicus. 



IIallus indicus, nobis (as distinguished from R. aquaticus). 

 From Japan (Leyden Museum) (c/. Ibis, 1867, p. 172*). 



Anser cygnoides [ferus). Has a mere rudiment of the 

 frontal knob, a narrow ring of white at base of bill, orange legs, 

 and the colours of the plumage are well contrasted. Leyden 

 Museum. 



Bernicla RUFicoLLis is probably the species of which four 

 were seen near Nagpore, one of which was procured. [' Bengal 

 Sporting Magazine^ for April 1836, p. 247.) 



Casarca scutulata (C leucoptera, nobis). Three specimens 

 in the Leyden Museum, all abnormally parti-coloured, and 

 having a domesticated appearance, unlike the wild race, which 

 Dr. Jerdon has observed upon the Brahmaputra {cf. Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 176.) 



Dendrocygna guttata of Celebes. A diminutive of the 

 American D. arborea. D. vagans, Eyton, also from Celebes, 

 with an unusually speckled breast. Leyden Museum. 



Dendrocygna fulva, of America, seems to be quite undis- 

 tinguishable from D, major (Ibis, 1867, p. 175) ! Specimens 

 from Africa and America in the Zoological Gardens, Regent^s 

 Park, were absolutely alike. 



XI. Note on the Sijstematic Position o/ Indicator. 

 By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 



With one single exception, as far as I know, all writers on 

 ornithology have hitherto concurred in referring the genus In- 

 dicator to the family Cuculida. The dissident authority is 

 Mr. Blyth, who has thus spoken on the subject : — 



* The reference (ibid.) for Crex pratensis having- been once obtained in 

 Oudh is in the ' Bengal Sporting Magazine ' for 1842, p. 870. 



