116 Mr. E. Blyth on the Ornithology of the neighbourhood of 



V. Chloropsis, vide J. A. S. B. no. 59. p. 955 et seq. I cannot just now 

 enlighten Mr. Strickland on the subject of the structure of these 

 birds, further than by remarking that the species with a curved and 

 pointed bill have also a meliphagous conformation of tongue, by- 

 means of which, when caged, they will sip at sweets, but they re- 

 quire to be fed on the usual diet given to insectivorous birds. Vide 

 Tickell's list for a slight notice of their habits *. 



No. 153. Dictum Tickellice has a pale flesh-coloured bill with 

 dusky tip. Vide J. A. S. B. no. 59. n. s. p. 983t. 



Nos. 154 and 155. My Vinago militaris is the species so designated 

 by Goukl, having an ash-coloured belly, and which abounds in Bengal 

 and Nepal. That of Southern India, V. (or Treron) chlorigaster, 

 nobis, I have once only obtained in this part, and have received spe- 

 cimens of it from Mr. Jerdon and others. I cannot recognise, how- 

 ever, the difference of size and structure of bill mentioned by Mr. 

 Strickland]:, the only distinctions consisting in the green or yellowish- 

 green belly of Tr. chlorigaster, the absence of this colour on the basal 

 half of the tail, and there is also at most but a faint trace of the same 

 hue upon the forehead. Tr. bicinctus of India generally, and also 

 Arracan, differs from Tr. vcrnans of the Malay countries, in having 

 the forehead to beyond the eyes, the throat and sides of the neck 

 bright green, the occiput alone gray, and the pinkish lilac hue sur- 

 mounting the orange-colour of the breast diminished in quantity, 

 and not spreading to the sides of the neck, while in Tr. vernans it 

 quite surrounds the neck ; the tail also is broadly tipped with ash- 

 colour, appearing as ashy-white beneath, this character serving at 

 once to distinguish the females, while the female Tr. aromaticus may 

 be known from that of Tr. bicinctus by its ash-coloured forehead. 



The Sphenocerais (G. R. Gray) cantiUans, nobis, J. A. S. B. xii. 

 166, is said to occur in the Soonderbuns, though I rather doubt it, 



* Having lately procured specimens of Phyllornls in which the tongue 

 is preserved, I am now satisfied that they belong to the Tejiuirostres anHnot 

 to the PycnonotincE. — H. E. S. 



\ There can now be no doabt that Diceinn Tickellice is the Certhia ery- 

 throrhynclia of Latham, and tlie lalter specific name should be adopted. — 

 H. E.S. 



\ This was owing to my having (at p. oS, supra) assumed as tlie true 

 militaris a Malayan bird which now appears to be distinct and undescribed. 

 It is the largest species of Treron known, with the beak very strong and 

 almost Vultnrine in form. Tctal length 3 4 inches; beak to gape 1 inch 

 4 lines; height 5\ lines; wing 7f inches; medial rectrices 5 inches, ex- 

 ternal 4i. My specimens are wholly greeni.sli-gray above, greater covers 

 and quills slaty-black, the middle covers and tertials margined externally 

 witli bright yellow, four medial rectrices greenish-gray, the rest shite-co- 

 loured tinged witli green, and broadly tipped with light gray. Below jjale 

 grayisb-green, a large patcli on the breast of dull orange. Lower taihcovers 

 chocolate (in a younger specimen gray, tipped with buff); beak plumbeous, 

 pale yellow towards the end ; legs fiesb-coiour. This species may be called 

 Treron magnirostris. Tiie true militaris of Temminck and Gould, which is 

 the phoenicoptera of Latham, inhabits Northern India, as shown by Mr. Blytb, 

 and the chlorigaster, Blyth (which name is prior to mine of Treron Jerdoni), 

 occurs in the South of India. — H. E. S. 



