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 Notes — 



Distinctness of Drymoipus Jerdoni, Blyth, and D. 

 rufescens, Hume ... ... ... 453 



The Andamanese Paroquet to stand as P. Tytleri ... 454 

 Scops malabaricus, Jerd., has precedence of S. Jerdoni, 



Walden ... ... ... ... ib. 



Podoces humilis, Hume, obtained on borders of Sikhim ib. 

 Pyrrhula erythaca obtained near Darjeeling ... 455 



Ceyx tridactyla at Xhandalla ... ... ... ib. 



Pachyglossamelanoxantha obtained in Sikhim, propriety 



of merging Pachyglossa in Prionochilus, questionable ib. 

 Motacilla cashmerensis, Brooks, said by that gentleman 



to be only the summer plumage of M. personata, 



Gould ... ... ... ... 456 



Paradoxornis flavirostris, like its congeners, normally a 



reed bird ... ... ... ... 457 



Bare birds ; Megalaima cyanotis and Alcedo grandis 



from the Bhotan Doars ; Accentor montanellus and 



C. pispoletta from Sikhim ..- ... ... 458 



Pterocles exustus occurring in the Botanical Gardens, 



Calcutta ... ... ... ... ib. 



Painted Spur-fowl shot in Orange Yalley below Kota- 



gherry ... ... ... ... ib. 



Identity of iEgithina tiphia, Lin., and zeylonica, Gmel. 459 

 Letters to the Editor — 



From Dr. Stoliczka from Leh, species observed by the 



Expedition ... ... ... ... 461 



Prom the same from Panja, "Wakhan, ditto ditto ... 463 



Prom F. Pield, Esq., on the occurrence of Glareola 



orientalis at Ludhiana ... ... ... 465 



Prom R. M. Adam, Esq. Purther notes on the birds 



of the Sambhur Lake ... ... ... ib. 



No. 6. — October. 



A Pirst List of the Birds op the Tenasserim Provinces ., 467 

 Note on Carcineutes amabilis, Hume, by R, Bowdler 



Sharpe, Esq. ... ... ... ... 484 



Megalaima incognita, Hume ... ... ... 486 



Lophophorus Sclateri, Jerd. ... ... ... 488 



Note on Pelargopsis intermedia, Hume, by R. Bowdler 



Sharpe, Esq. ... ... ... ... 489 



Additional notes on the Ayifauna op the Andaman 



Islands ... ... ... ... ... 490 



Catalogue of the Accipitres, by B. Bowdler Sharpe, P.L.S., 



P.Z.S., Ac. ... ... ... " ... 501 



