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77. Malacocercus griseus. 



Turdus griseus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 824. 



Malacocercus griseus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 60. 



a Madras (A. Strickland) Sep. 1833. c India 

 (#. 0. Strickland) 1838. 



The name M. striatus, considered by Strickland (Ann. <fc Mag. 

 N. H. viii. p. 372) to be a synonym of M. griseus, belongs to the 

 Ceylonese species, which is distinct from the Indian bird (cf. Blyth, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 300). 



78. Malacocercus somervillii. 



Timalia somervillii, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 88. 

 Malacocercus somervillii, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 63. 

 a India (Stevens) 1843. b Madras (" M. somervillii (ori- 

 entalis}" T. C. Jerdon) 1845. 



79. Malacocercus malcolmi. 



Timalia malcolmi, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832. p. 88. 

 Malacocercus malcolmi, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 64. 

 a India ( Gardner) 1844. b S. India (T. C. Jerdon "M. 

 malcolmi") 1850. 



80. Malacocercus earlii. 



Malacocercus earlii, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 369, (1844) : 

 et xliii. extr. No. p. 118 : Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 68. 

 a Arakan (E. Blyth} 1847. 



81. Malacocercus chatarrhcea. 

 Cossyphus caudatus, Dumeril, fide Blyth. 

 Chatarrhcea caudata, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 67. 

 Timalia chatarcea, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1830-1, p. 118. 



a India "(M. caudatus (Dum.), Timalia chatarrhosa, Frankl., 

 Megalurus isabelinus Sw." E. Blyth} 1846. 6 $ India (W. J. E. 

 Boys] 1847. c S. India (T. C. Jerdon] 1850. 



The separation of this bird from the more slender-billed forms of 

 Malacocercus such as M. earlii seems hardly justifiable. But should it 

 prove distinct the right place for it seems to be in the genus Argya, 

 Less. (Traite d'Orn. p. 402, (1831), an older name than Malacocercus, 

 Swains., and one the larger genus should bear, were all these closely 

 allied forms united together. 



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