in the vicinity of Calcutta. 115 



The following are the Vulturidce of India known to me : — 



1. Gypaetos barbatus ; G. himalayanus, Hutton, J. A. S. B. iii. 22. 

 Himalaya. 



2. Polypteryx (Hodgson) cinereus. Himalaya. 



3. Otogyps (Gr. R. Gray) pondicerianus. India generally. 



4. Gyps fulvus. Himalaya, 



5. Vultur {Gyps}) indicus. Indian peninsula. 



6. Vultur bengalensis. India generally. 



7. V. Kolbii } Described as having a black naked neck, large 

 white ruff, and fulvous plumage, when adult. Bengal and Nepal. 



8. Neophron per cnopterus. 



Cat. No, 31. For Buceros malabaricus read B. albirostris, Shaw, 

 which represents B. malabaricus of the Indian peninsula in Bengal, 

 Nepal, Assam, and the Tenasserim provinces. B. ginginianus is also 

 an inhabitant of Bengal. 



33 a. Merops Phillipinus I have since obtained. 



37. Halcyon amauropterus. Occurs at all seasons. 



39. Ceryle varia (?), Strickland. 



43. Is, I have reason to conclude, the Picas goensis as now recog- 

 nised, which would take precedence of the synonyms given. I have 

 lately described a beautiful new species allied to it as P. (Chrysoco- 

 laptes, nobis) melanotus ; this was obtained at Midnapore, and may 

 therefore be looked for in this more immediate vicinity. The present 

 appears to me to be a very distinct form of woodpecker from that of 

 P. aurantius, upon which Mr. Strickland founds his Brachypternus 

 (P. Z. S. 1841, p. 31), referring to it goensts and hcematribon, which 

 latter, for certain, pertains to my Ch-ysocolaptes. It does not, in- 

 deed, appear to me that Brachypternus, with its rudimental fourth 

 toe, need be separated at all from the tridactyle Tiga, which essen- 

 tially accords in all other respects. 



48. I have obtained other specimens of Yunx torquilla. 



52. Read subgenus Polyphasia, nobis. 



52 a. I strangely omitted to mention the Coel (Eudynamys orien- 

 talis), one of our most common species, though I incidentally referred 

 to it in my notice of the Shahmour (Copsychus tnacrourus). 



56. This agrees tolerably well with Caprimulgus macrourus, Hors- 

 field, as described by Stephens in the continuation to ' Shaw's Zoo- 

 logy ; ' but I have sent a specimen to the India-house, by reference 

 to which this question may be determined. 



P. 96, erratum. The word " Mynab" occurs several times ; I wrote 

 Mynah. Line 8, for " wild " read vile. 



No. 65. Gracula i7idica. This is the G. religiosa of Mr. Jerdon's 

 catalogue, replacing in Southern India the true religiosa of Bengal, 

 Nepal, and Tenasserim. I doubt its occurrence in this part of the 

 country. 



Q(i, 67, 68. Genus Acridotheres, Vieillot. 



69, 70. Genus Sturnia, Lesson. No. 70 is Sturnia malabarica, 

 and the Pastor malabaricus of Mr. Jerdon's catalogue will now rank 

 as S. senex, Jerdon. 



74 a. Malacocercus Earlei, nobis. One of several new species 

 added to this genus. 



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