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I think I might show that Dr. Finsch is not improbably in 

 error in regard to three of these also ; but in regard to the rest 

 I would vemavk, Jirst, that in my opinion (1) includes at least 

 three distinct species, which I will call for the present, (1) a. 

 eupatrius, Lin. (1) b. sivalensis , Hutton. (1) c. magnirostris, BalL 

 Any or all of these may be entitled to bear some prior designa- 

 tion. I leave Dr. Finsch to work out the synonymy, which he 

 can do fifty times better than I ever could. All I am concerned 

 with is that there are three different species, the characteristics 

 of each of which I shall point out, when dealing separately with 

 the. several species. 



Second, that (4) includes two species (which as before, leaving 

 the correct synonymy to Dr. Finsch) I will call (4) a. purpureus, 

 Mull, and (4) b. bengalensis, Gfmel., of which likewise I will later 

 indicate the distinctions. 



Third, that (9) and (10) are both the same species, the former 

 being the male, the latter the female and young. 



Fourth, that Derby anus, Fraser, given as a synonym of (10), 

 and which has, if I remember right (it is eleven years since I 

 saw the type) a wing of 8*5, is a good and distinct species, the 

 wing of neither (9) or (10) ever in my experience exceeding 

 seven inches. 



Fifth, that under (13) two species quite distinct, are included 

 viz., (13), a. erythrogenys, Blyth, and (13) b. affiuis, Tytler, 

 which latter name must stand, although Tytler never recognized 

 the real distinctive characters of the Audaman bird, and merely 

 named a black-billed female " affinis," because erythrogenys was 

 described with a red bill, whereas, as we now well know after 

 dissecting some fifty specimens of each species, the adult males, 

 in both species, or if you will, races, have the upper mandibles red, 

 while the adult females have these black. 



According to my views, therefore, the species of this genus 

 would stand as follows : 



(1) eupatrius, Lin. (2) sivalensis, Hutton. (3) magnirostris, Ball. 

 (4) torquatus, Bodd. (5) eques, Bodd. (6) purpureus, Mull. (7) ben- 

 galensis, Grmel. (8) schisticeps, Hodgs. (9) Calthropa, Layard. 

 (10) Luciani, Verr. (11) Alexandri, Lin. (12) fasciatus, Mull, 

 which possibly =^melanorrhynchus, Wagl. (13) Derby anus, Fraser. 

 (14) columboides, Jerd. (15) longicaudatus , Bodd. (16) erythro- 

 genys, Blyth. (17) affinis, Tytler, (18) caniceps, Blyth. 



First, to take my numbers (1), (2), and (3) which are so 

 neai-ly allied, that they may well be considered together. 



These three species consist of the smaller bird from Ceylon 

 and two larger species, the one from the whole of the northern 



