1918.] Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 519 



Obviously Blyth proposed malayensis with special reference 

 to Malayan birds^ but an Andamanese specimea was men- 

 tioned first, and in order to prevent attempt to upset more 

 recent nomenclature and to avoid the confusion which the 

 application of malayensis to the Andamanese race would 

 cause, I now restrict it to the form occurring in the Malay 

 Peninsula north of lat. 4°; the types would be the specimens 

 from Penang mentioned by Blyth in his original description, 

 if in existence. 



An author is at a disadvantage in not being able to revise 

 his proofs, and the following corrections should be made to 

 my paper : — 



Species No. 4, line 1, /or (Blyth) r««(? (Swinhoe). 

 49, „ 4,"„ p. 317 „ p. 89. 

 „ 51, „ 23, „ east „ west. 



„ 55, „ 23, ,, wrrtyi Grant, read roc?^eri Hart. & Butler. 

 „ 60, „ 23, „ Lang Kawi „ Langkawi. 

 45 



„ 62, ,, 15, betiveen white and tail-feathers insert 

 patches on the. 

 29, for five 7-ead fine. 

 31,",, dull „ gull. 

 49 

 5, betiveen near and Liant insert Cape. 

 5, for males read male. 

 22, „ Japan ,, Javan, 

 2, „ 1890 „ 1900. 



C. BODEN KlOSS. 

 12 February, 1918. 



Australian Parrots. 



SiRj — The rather irreconcilable views which Mr. Mathews 

 and I appear to hold, show, I think, that there is room for 

 considerable investigation of the plumage-changes and 

 external sexual differences oE the Australian Parrots. 



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