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 Dendrophila frontalis and corallina, identical ... 459 

 Propasser frontalis, Blyth, equals P. thura, Bp. ... 459 

 Acanthoptila nipalensis, quite distinct from Timalia 



(Malacocercus) pellotis... ... ... ih. 



%yV e o/"Dumeticola cyanocarpa, missing ... 461 



Anthus' montanus, of Blyth and Jerdon, a very 



distinct form, hut according to one school needs a 



new name ... ... ••• ... ib, 



The Hawfinch at Attock ... ... ... 462 



Supposed difference between Turdinus brevicauda- 



tus of Tenasserim, and T. striatus of Assam ... ih. 

 Cape Pigeon, Daption capensis, from the Gulf of 



Manaar ... ... ... ... 463 



Identity of the Indian Turtur cambayensis and the 



African T. senegalensis... ... ... ih. 



According to Mr. Saunders our Pale Herring Gull 



to stand as L. cachinnans ; and the Darker Gull 



that I have called occidentalis, as L. affinis .. ih. 

 Dendrocygna major to stand as D. fulva ... ib. 



Hodgson's Swan really C. bewickii, not C. ferus ... 464 

 Clangula glaucion from the Indus ... ... ih. 



Does Crex pratensis really occur in India ? ... ih. 



Very doubtful that Eringilla montifringilla occurs 



in India ••• ... ..". 465 



Porzana zeylonica, apud Blyth, Jerdon, Sfc, to 



stand as euryzonoides ... ... ... ih. 



Lettebs to the Editob — 



Nidification of aquatic birds— S. DoiG ... 466 



Nest and Eggs of Myiophoneus horsfieldi, from 



Purandhur not Poorbander — E. A. Butlee ... 467 

 A correction — J. A. Mueeat ... ... ih. 



Bufous young of Drymoipus inornatus — W. E. 



Brooks ... •• ••• ... 468 



The Chestnut Bittern on the Eastern Narra, &c— 



S. Doig ... ... ••• ••• ih. 



Nidification of Phalacrocorax carbo — S. DoiG ... ib. 

 "Woodcocks in Belgaum and N. Kanara ; Southern 



Rufous Woodpecker feeding on larvae of ants — 



J. S. Laied ». ... ... 470 



This issue to stand as Nos. 3, 4 and 5 ... ib. 



No. 6.— March 1879. 



A Histoey op the Bieds of Ceylon, by Captain W. Vin- 

 cent Legge ; Notice by the Editor ... ... 471 



Cebiobnis blythi, Jerd. ... ... ... 472 



FURTHEB OBSEBVATIONS ON BeGULOIDES STJPEECILIOSUS AND 



humii, &c, by W. Edwin Brooks ... ... 475 



