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is mentioned by him as from Sumatra, whereas the supposed 

 types in the Leyden Museum are labelled from Timor, the spe- 

 cies must of course stand under Blyth's name. 



He adds : " I am also nearly sure that P. plumb eitarsus 

 will prove to be the summer plumage of P. viridanus. This 

 bird will then breed abundantly from the Ural to Lake Baikal 

 and winter in India and Burmah." / think this view will require 

 confirmation. 



Mr. E. W. Cleveland sends me a beautiful specimen of 

 Bucanetes githagineus, which he shot near Hattin in the Gour- 

 gaon district (Punjab) on the 16th December 1877. 



No doubt the bird occurred here, as Mr. Cleveland remarks, 

 aa a mere straggler, but still its occurrence so far east is most 

 remarkable. 



When I discovered it years ago in Sindh, this was an enor- 

 mous extension eastwards of its range, (which westwards 

 stretches to the Canaries.) 



Again, last year, when I shot it at Jodhpoor, we had a further 

 easternly extension, and now this new locality extends the range 

 to the 78° E. Long. 



It may be well to notice that all the Ioras collected by 

 Mr. Cleveland in the Gourgaon district are, without exception, 

 nigrolutea. 



Mr. Cleveland also sends me a female of that rare species, 

 Tratincola insignis, one of the very few known Indian species 

 of which our museum has hitherto contained no single example. 



This he shot at Captaingunj, Zillah Bustee, (viz., a little west 

 of Segowlee, whence Hodgson's type came) on the 27th October. 



Length, 5 - 8 ; wing, 3*42 ; bill from frontal bone, 0*67 ; 

 tarsus, 1-08; tail, 2*4; irides brown; bill and legs black. 



Upper parts grey earth brown, the feathers all centered with 

 dark hair brown ; upper tail-coverts dull, rather pale ferru- 

 ginous buff; wings and tail blackish brown ; the greater and 

 median coverts broadly tipped, the greater ones with dull rather 

 creamy white, the rest with pale buff, forming two rather 

 conspicuous wing bars ; all the quills and coverts, the secon- 

 daries (which are also tipped) rather more broadly, margined 

 with creamy white ; tail feathers similar, the margin most 

 conspicuous on the outer web of the outer feather; chin and 

 upper throat creamy, rest of lower parts nearly uniform rufous 

 buff (with an indistinct gorget of blackish brown spots at the 



