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vespertinus, that is found in India, as there is a specimen of 

 the former from Nepaul in the British Museum. Mr. Gurney 

 further tells us that he i-egards Accipiter melanoschistus (Ibis, 

 1869, p. 356) as distinguishable from A. nisus by its conspi- 

 cuously larger size, and that he has arrived at this conclusion 

 after a recent comparison of specimens of each species in Lord 

 Walden's collection. These seem to be the points chiefly re- 

 quiring notice here ; and we are glad to learn that the second 

 part is already in the press. The work is dedicated to Messrs. 

 Blyth and Jerdon as those who " have done more for Indian 

 ornithology than all other modern observers put together." 

 But the last sentence appears to us to be rather too sweeping 

 when we remember the labours of Mr. Brian Hodgson. 



To the ' Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ' for 1 869 

 (vol. xxxviii. pt. 2, pp. 164-191) Mr. Blanford has contributed 

 a note-worthy paper, chiefly on some bifds of Central, Western, 

 and Southern India, contained in three collections made (1) in 

 Nagpoor, Chanda, and the Upper Godavery, (2) at and near 

 Khandalla on the Western Ghauts, and (3) on the Neilgherry 

 hills. Some of the most interesting novelties in the first of 

 these were mentioned by the author in a letter he formerly ad- 

 dressed to us (Ibis, 1867, pp. 461-464); but the present paper 

 contains much useful information, especially in the way of de- 

 tails of the relative distribution of certain migratory species. 

 The most important fact, perhaps, here made known is the 

 detection, by Mr. Fairbank*, on the Pulney hills in Southern 

 India of a new species of Trochalopterum, designated by Mr. 

 Blanford T. fairbanki, of which a good likeness is given. The 

 species would seem to be, on its own hills, the representative of 

 T.jerdoni of the Wynaad ; and between the ranges of these two 

 lie the Neilgherries, inhabited by T. cachinnans. 



The same ' Journal ' for 1870 contains some brief notes on the 



* To this gentleman is also due the discovery of the beautiful Callene 

 albiventris, described and figured by Mr. Blanford, P. Z. S. 186/, p. 8.32, 

 pi. xxxix. 



