notes. 455 



base of the throat) and paling somewhat on lower tail-coverts, 

 flanks, axillaries and wing-lining; there is a rufous white 

 patch at the base of the quills on their inner webs. 



Note that at p. 426, Vol. VI., the tarsi of the male in 

 Pavo muticus are given by a misprint at from 7*0 to 8*5. It 

 should have been 5-5 to 6*3. 



Some years ago I identified some Pipits procured in India 

 as Anihus pratensis. Verreaux confirmed this identification 

 {vide Ibis, 1871, 36.) I now believe that we were both wroncr, 

 and I very much doubt whether A. pratensis occurs at all m 

 India. 



Some years ago I proposed the name swinhoei for the Indian 

 representative of the Javan Mereps quvnticolor. 



Swinhoe first pointed out the constant difference which 

 distinguishes the two forms, and applied Gmelin's name 

 erythrocephalus. 



The Marquis of Tweeddale correctly pointed out that this 

 name was quite indeterminable, and could not therefore be used. 

 I then applied the name swinhoei. 



The Marquis of Tweeddale then asserted that this name was 

 quite unnecessary, as Vieillot's name leschenaulti would apply. 



I was away from any library at the time. I knew that this 

 was wrong, and that I had looked into it before applying the 

 name, but being unable to quote chapter and verse, dropped the 

 matter and forgot it. 



The other day in working out, as I am doing slowly the 

 synonymy of all our Indian birds, some 2,000 in number 

 I came upon this species, and I find that Vieillot's name 

 leschenaulti is by no means applicable. 



Vieillot's two names are founded on plates 15 and 18 (pp. 

 51, 55) of LeVaillaut's Guepiers, both of which plates unmis- 

 takeably represent the Javan form. 



I have laid a series of each form on the table, pointing out 

 their differences, and have then shown both plates, and every 

 person to whom I have so shown them has unhesitatingly 

 assigned both plates to the Javan form. 



The bird was really, it seems to me, unnamed, until I named 

 it, and if so will stand as, 



