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292.— Leucocirca aureola, Less. 



Mr. Blyth (Journal, Asiatic Society, 1863, XXXII, p. 79) 

 says that the Upper Pegu race l ' is a little different from the Indian 

 one, being just distinguishable by having the white of the fore- 

 head and supercilia not so broad, nor meeting round behind at the 

 occiput ; there is also not so much white on the tail feathers." 

 I have carefully examined several specimens sent from Thayet- 

 myo by Captain Feilden and Mr. Oates, and they appear to me 

 absolutely identical in these respects with Upper Indian specimens ; 

 at the same time they do appear to me to differ slightly in having 

 much less spotting on the coverts. 



Both Captain Feilden and Mr. Oates say that this species is 

 common about Thayetmyo. Mr. Oates gives the following 

 dimensions : — 



"Length, 6*9 to 7*15 ; expanse, 9*6 to 10; tail, from vent, 

 3-5 to 3-75; wing, 3*1 to 3'4; bill, from gape, 0*68 to 0*7; 

 tarsus, 0-8 to 0'82." 



295.— Culicicapa cinereocapilla, Vieil. 



Mr. Oates remarks : " I observed this bird only on the west- 

 ern slopes of the Pegu Hills, where it was common. The bill 

 is horny brown above, pinkish fleshy below ; the inside of the 

 mouth, fleshy ; the gape, yellowish ; the irides, dark brown ; eye- 

 lids, plumbeous ; legs, feet, and claws, pinkish brown." 



Pegu specimens agree well with Indian ones. 



296.— Hemichelidon sibiricus, Gm. 



Mr. Oates says that this species, of which he only sends a 

 single specimen procured on the Eastern Pegu Hills, is rare with- 

 in our limits. 



Great doubts exist in my mind as to the correct nomenclature 

 of this and certain closely allied species. To prevent confusion 

 as to what bird it is that occurs in Pegu, I may note that it is the 

 species which I have figured in Lahore to Yarkand, PL 4, as 

 Hemichelidon fuliginosa, Hodgson ; but I am to this day not sure 

 that this bird is the true fuliginosa of Hodgson. The bird Jerdon 

 gave me as one of Hodgson's specimens, and which bore Blyth's 

 label, belongs, I consider, to a different species to that which I 

 figured. If this be so (but in this Mr. Sharpe does not concur), 

 then the present species would stand as Hemichelidon terricolor, 

 Hodgson. If, on the other hand, I have rightly figured fuliginosa, 

 then terricolor, Hodgson, must, I believe, merge as a synonyme of 

 latirostris, Raffles (vide ante, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 220,/. 



304.— Cyornis rubeculoides, Vig. 



I cannot say wherein Cyornis elegans, Tem., PL Col. 596, from 

 Sumatra, differs from our Himalayan species; but I take it to be 



