in the vicinity of Calcutta. 9^ 



the former especially bears a close affinity to the European Ph. rufa, 

 but has a different note, and is certainly distinct from it. The other 

 is much darker in colour, particularly on the head, and has an ashy 

 breast*. Both are common. 



89. Acrocephalus turdoides ; Turdtts arundinacevs, Gmelin; Sylvia 

 turdoides, Temm. ; Agrobates brunnescens, Jerdon. Not uncommon 

 during the cold season. 



90. A. montana ; Sylvia montana, Horsfield, apud Jerdon. Tole- 

 rably common. 



91. Megalurus toklao; Tiirdus toklao, Buchanan Hamilton, MS. 



92. Dasyornis striatus ; Megalurus striatus, Jerdon ; D. locustel- 

 hides, nobis. 



93. D. colluriceps, nobis. For notices of these three species, of 

 each of which I have obtained a single live specimen (more or less 

 mutilated) from the bazar shikarees, see Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xi. 

 602-3. 



94. Curruca hortensis. I both heard the song and had repeatedly 

 a distinct view of a bird of this species when watching for nobler 

 game with both barrels loaded with heavy shot, so that I did not se- 

 cure the specimen. 



95. Chaitairis (Hodgson, olim Niltava, H.) rubeculoides ; Phosni- 

 cura rubeculoides, Vigors and Gould. Of this I have obtained a single 

 specimen late in March. It is an aberrant member of Mr. Hodgson's 

 very natural genus, and closely allied to Muscicapa banyumas, Hors- 

 field (also an Indian bird inhabiting the peninsula), which must there- 

 fore be ranged with it. 



96. Dimorpha (Hodgson, olim Siphia, H.) leticura ; Muscicapa leu - 

 cura, Latham ; Saxicola rubeculoides, Sykes — the old male. Common 

 in the cool season, and met with at least so late as April. Still it is 

 difficult to procure specimens in fully mature plumage. One only 

 I have obtained with the gular marking on the throat and fore-neck 

 of a deep ferruginous, like the breast of an English robin ; another 

 had the same mark paler and less clearly defined ; many have a slight 

 tinge of rufous about the chin, but the great majority have no ap- 

 pearance of it. 



97. Culicipeta Burkii, nobis; Sylvia Burkii, Burton, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1835, p. 153. Not uncommon. I should have placed this form 

 next to Phyllopneusfe, but have not been paying much attention to 

 arrangement in the present catalogue. It is, in fact, a Phyllopneuste 

 with a narrow flycatcher's bill, and the usual rictorial vibrissce. 



98. Saxicola rnbicola (?). The plumage of the females renders it 

 doubtful whether this be quite identical with the species of Europe, 

 and Mr. Hodgson I find entertains the same opinion. It is not un- 

 common in the winter months. 



99. S. caprata. Occasionally to be met with in the shops of the 

 dealers, but, I beUeve, not taken in the neighbourhood. It is a plea- 

 sing songster. 



* From a subsequent letter from Mr. Blytli, we learn that he lias since 

 received Phyllopneuste rufa, with Ph. trochilus and other species from Nepal, 

 and that the Calcutta Ph. affinis is distinct from the former.— Ed. 



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