GEOCICHLA DISSIMILIS, BLYTH. 107 



In conclusion I ought to note that the bird, of whose 

 nidification I gave an account under the head of Geocichla 

 dissimilis (Nests and Eggs, p. 231), was nothing but a very old 

 and well colored female of unicolor, in which the yellow, (not 

 the bright ferruginous colour characteristic of dissimilis,) similar 

 to that shown at the base of the throat in Jerdon's plate (Ibis, 

 1872, PI. VII), descends upon the breast, sides, and flanks, 

 just as the ferruginous does in dissimilis. 



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Third Notice. 



Our Second Notice of the birds of the Malayan Peninsula 

 left the list as follows : — 



Number of species which we knew, or thought we 



had good reason to believe, occurred ... 437 



Number of species, the occurrence of which though 

 asserted seemed doubtful ... ... 17 



Number of species of which we had actually 



collected specimens ... ... ... 373* 



To the 437 species we have now 28 to add, making a total 

 of 465. 



Out of the 1 7 doubtful species one, namely Chrysocolaptes 

 sultaneus, may, as remarked in my Second Notice, be definitely- 

 excluded, as we now know that the bird that occurs is C. strictus. 

 Besides this we have obtained one of the doubtful species (one 

 that I least expected to find), namely, Acridotheres fuscus, 

 the true fuscus with the yellow irides. This raises the number 

 of accepted species to 466, and reduces the doubtful species to 

 15. Of these the validity as species of the following four is 

 doubtful. 



39 quint. — Spilornis bacha. — (I doubt whether it is possible ever 

 to ascertain the particular species to which this desig- 

 nation applies). 

 lASbis B. — Hydrocissa migratorius, Maingay. — (This can scarce- 

 ly be a good species, but I am unable to ascertain to what 

 particular species the name really applies). 

 261 A. — Lanius super ciliosus. — (I believe this to be only the 

 perfect adult of cristatus). 



* Erroneously given as 372 in our last notice. 



