284- Mr. H. Seeliohm on the Birds 



are uniform ash-grey instead of black, margined witli white on 

 the upper flanks; the under wing-coverts are ash-grey, mar- 

 gined on the outer web with rufous orange, instead of black 

 margined with wliite ; and the axillaries are uniform ash- 

 grey, instead of white with dark centres. 



Pericrocotus tegim^. 



Pericrocotus tegimce, Stejneger, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 

 p. 648. 



Fericrocotus cantonensis?, Seebohra, Ibis, 1887, p. 176. 



This appears to be a very good species, differing from 

 P. cinereus in having the white on the forehead confined to 

 a narrow streak from each eye, meeting along the base of 

 the upper mandible, in being much darker on the upper 

 parts, in having a broad grey band across the breast, and in 

 being smaller in size. 



Dr. Stejneger separates the Japanese bird as P. japonicus 

 from the South-Siberian P. cinereus, on the ground that 

 in the former the back is darker, and the black of the head 

 extends to the mantle. I have both forms from Hongkong, 

 and regard the variations as individual (not as geographical), 

 and as probably dependent upon age. 



HiRUNDO NAMIYEI. 



Chelidon namiyei, Stejneger, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 

 p. 646. - 



Hirundo javanica ?, Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 176. 



It is scarcely probable that this Swallow is more than sub- 

 specifically distinct from H. javanica, from which it appears 

 only to differ in size — the length of wing from carpal joint 

 being 4*6 inches, instead of 4 to 44 inches. It is said to be 

 green instead of blue on the upper parts; but this is also the 

 case with examples from Ceylon, Borneo, and Lombock. 



ZOSTEROPS SIMPLEX. 



Zosterops japonica, Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 176. 



A series of examples sent by Mr. Pryer agree exactly with 

 the type of the species described by Swinhoe from South 

 China, excej)t that they very slightly exceed it in dimensions. 

 Z. suhrosea, from Sechuen, of which the type is also in my 



