274 ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. 
We have then in India three closely affined species, #. 
parva, E. albicilla, Pallas (erroneously termed lewcura, Gmelin), 
and HE. hyperythra. 
393 bis.—Stachyris rufifrons, Hume. 
Stachyris precognitus, Swinhoe, has a very red head and no 
strize like S. rufifrons, Hume. The latter is smaller and some- 
what paler on the head. 
483.—Pratincola indica, Blyth. 
Is quite* distinct from rudicola, and as observed by 
Mr. Swinhoe, has always the upper tail coverts plain, which in 
rubicola are always marked longitudinally with dark brown. 
This is an unfailing distinction ; so let the confounding of these 
two distinct Stonechats be abandoned for the future. 
Pratincola robusta, Tristram. 
I examined the two types, and consider this remarkably fine 
large Stonechat to be a good species. It is rarer than P. insignis, 
Hodgson. 
548.—Drymoipus inornatus, Sykes. 
I examined the type, and it is in the longicaudatus plumage, 
or the winter plumage of J). terricolor, Hume. 
The synonyms of this bird are therefore— 
D. inornatus, Sykes. 
D. longicaudatus, Tickell. 
D. terricolor, ume. 
The difference between winter and summer plumage is fairly 
shewn in the plate in Lahore to Yarkand, except that the tip 
of the tail of the winter bird (D. longicaudatus) is too 
white. 
I took a number of Indian examples with me to compare 
with Sykes’s, type, in order that no mistake might be 
made, 
550.--Drymoipus lepidus (Burnesia lepida, Blyth.) 
This is quite distinct from Drymaeca gracilis, Riipp, and 
lays a blue egg streaked with black,t while the eggs of D. 
** Some time ago I examined my large series of Indian and European birds and 
this distinction appeared to me infallible. Did not Cabanis first point it out? e. f. ILE, 
p- 429, and note, p. 239.—D., S. F. 
+ There is some mistake here. Our Indian bird, gracilis or lepidus, whichever it 
may be, lays asmall glossy egg, with a dull white, greenish white, or pale green ground, 
profusely freckled and streaked, and, at times, even blotched with a bright, only slightly 
brownish, red; the markings are densest around the large end where they form a 
broad nearly confluent well-marked but imperfect and irregular zone. See also Nests and 
Eggs, Rough Draft, page 357. Since this was written Captain, Bingham has taken a 
very large number of these eggs, and they correspond perfectly with the specimens 
received from Mr. A. Anderson. I donot know what Mr. Brooks means by saying 
this bird lays a blue egg streaked with black,—Ep., S. F. 
