33G Mr. H. E. Strickland on the Earl of Derby' s 



(Certhia leucophcea. Lath., is not Glycyphila subocularis as Mr. 

 Gray makes it, but is the Climacteris picumnus. Tern., J. G.) This 

 is sufficiently evident on comparing the drawing of C. leucophcea with 

 Mr. Gould's figure of the female Climacteris picumnus. This bird 

 siiould therefore be designated as Climacteris leucophcea (Lath.). 



The Certhia atricapilla of Lath, is figured and described with a 

 white chin, which distinguishes it from the Meliphaga atricapilla of 

 Sir W. Jardine's ' Illustrations of Ornithology,' ser. 1. pi. 134. f. 1. 

 Mr. Gray unites it to Melithreptus lunulatus (Shaw), but that differs 

 in having a white band at the back of the head. The Certhia atri- 

 capilla. Lath., is therefore either a distinct species from both the 

 above, or it may possibly be the young of Jardine's M. atricapilla. 



Certhia sanguinolenta is probably the female of Myzomela c'ibapha. 



To the synonyms of Cekthia dibapha. Lath., add Meliphaga car- 

 dinalis, V. and H. (nee Certhia cardinalis, Lath.) and Certhia austra- 

 lasice. Leach. 



(Certhia canescens, Lath., is perhaps the Colluriocincla cinerea, V. 

 and H., J. G.) 



Certhia ccerulescens , Lath., is the Zosterops dorsalis, Vlg., not the 

 Z. tenuirostris, Gould. It is also the Sylvia lateralis of Latham, and 

 the latter specific name seems preferable to ccerulescens. Add Certhia 

 diluta, Shaw, and Philedon caeruleus, Cuv., to the synonyms of Zos- 

 ter ops lateralis. 



Add Certhia xanthotis, Shaw, to the synonyms of Certhia chry- 

 sotis, Lath. 



P. 192. Mr. Gray makes the Meliphaga auricomis of Vigors, 

 Swainson and Gould, to be distinct from Muscicapa auricomis. Lath., 

 but I do not see on what grounds. This bird is figured no less than 

 four times over in the "New S. Wales Drawings" — once as Tur- 

 dus melanops, and again under Latham's MS. names of Muscicapa 

 australis, Sylvia mystacea, and Muscicapa nova; hoIlandicB. These tbree 

 last references Latham seems to have afterwards incorporated into 

 one species, described in his second Supplement under the name of 

 Muscicapa auricomis. The species should therefore retain the ap- 

 propriate name of Ptilotis auricomis. 



TvRDvs harmonicus. Lath., is, I have no doubt, a synonym of Col- 

 luriocincla cinerea, Vig., which should therefore stand as Colluriocincla 

 harmonica. 



TvRWS prasinus. Lath., seems to be the young oi Pachycephala 

 rvfiventris (Lath.). 



(TuRDUS tenebrosus. Lath., is perhaps the young of Artamus sor- 

 didus, J. G.) 



To the synonyms of Turdus lunulatus, Lath., add Turdus varius, 

 V. and H., and perhaps also T. varius of Horsfield's ' Java.' 



(Tv liBvs fuliginosus , Lath., is Merula nestor, Gould, J. G.), and 

 will now stand as Merula fuliginosa. 



(Turdus maxillaris. Lath., is perhaps the Sphecotheres australis, 

 Sw., J. G.) 



(Turdus melUnus, Lath,, is the young male of Sericulus chrysoce- 

 phalus, J. G.) 



