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J'ravaneore, wLich have the black of the throat descending 

 a little more upon the breast than the northern specimens, and 

 have the mner webs of the feathers, exactly down the centre 

 of the breast, blackish brown ; but this is all, and this trifling' 

 amount of nigrescent does not continue down to the white of 

 the abdomen.— A. & M. N. H., 5th Ser., III., 168, Feby. 1879. 



Pyctorhis nasalis, Legge. 



The Ceylonese race of Pyctorhis sinensis has the nostril 

 as black as the bill, there being no trace of the yellow colour 

 round the nostril which characterizes birds from all parts of 

 the Peninsula and Burmah. It is altogether a darker bird 

 than the Continental, the latter having the head reddish brown, 

 and the outer webs of the quills cinnamon or pale chestnut- 

 red. A comparison of a fine series of Ceylonese with an 

 equally good one of Indian examples shows me that the pale 

 character is constant in the latter, and the dark coloration 

 equally so in the former. The insular bird has the primaries 

 margined externally with reddish brown, which imparts a very 

 different appearance from that which is noticeable in the red 

 closed wing of the Indian form. It is somewhat remarkable 

 that such a peculiar distinction should exist as that which I 

 have noticed in regard to this bird's nostril ; and I there- 

 fore have proposed the above title for our race, which I think 

 will be found to be a well-marked sub species of the genus in 

 question.— A. & M. N. H., 5th iSer., III., 169, Feby. 1879. 



% Soitgl iientati&e fist oi tlje 'gxxh 0t |nbm. 



At the earnest and repeated requests of numerous subscri- 

 bers, I publish the subjoined very crude and tentative, List of 

 THE Birds of India. 



It has been very hurriedly put together to meet an urgent 

 and crying want, and will doubtless prove to embody innumer- 

 able errors and to require many additions as well as corrections. 



In the matter of generic names, it will certainly be especially 

 open to criticism, as I have not yet given much attention to 

 generic synonymy, nor have I, except in a very few cases, made 

 up my mind as to what genera have priority, which should 

 be retained intact, which subdivided, which rejected. 



I ought, perhaps, however to note here that I have employed 

 a few generic names, chiefly my own, which are doubtless not 

 generally known, viz. : — 

 Ocyceros, (Nests and Eggs, Rough Draft, 113, 1873). Type 



BuGeros birostris, Scop. 



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