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according to Mr. Swinhoe. Whether Mr. Swinhoe's identifi- 

 cation is correct or not, I do not know. Mr. Hnme identifies A. 

 terricolor, Hodg., with A. lafirostris, Raffles; but neither of these 

 naturalists gives us any particulars concerning the identification. 

 Have they examined the type; if not, what are the precise 

 grounds for the identification ?* Blyth appeared to regard A. 

 latiroslris as distinct from A. terricolor. If it cannot be shewn 

 to a certainty what A, latirostris, Raffles, really was, we had 

 better discard the term altogether, and distinguish the two 

 birds as A. terricolor, Hodgs., and A. cinereoalba, J. & S. I 

 have not seen an Indian killed example of the latter. The 

 museum example thus labelled appeared to me to be A. ter- 

 ricolor, but it was so ragged and old as to be almost beyond 

 recognition. 



301. — Eumyias melanops, Vigors. 



Not uncommon about Mussoori and for a few marches 

 beyond. 



304.— Cyornis rubeculoides, Vigors. 



Common in all the lower parts of the valley, where there is 

 thick cover. It does not affect the woods near the snows. 

 The song is sweet and robin-like, but less varied than that of 

 the Red-breast. 



307. — Cyornis ruficauda, Sivains. 



A rather scarce bird. I obtained two ; one at Derali and 

 the other near Bairamghati, 14th and 19th May. The song is 

 full and sweet, but short. 



310.— Muscicapula superciliaris, Jerdon. 



Tolerably common as far as Suki. 31. cestigma is so very 

 like this species, that it is often overlooked. I have one of the 

 latter, obtained at Assensole, 130 miles above Calcutta. This 

 was of course in the cold season. 



320.— Siphia leucomelanura, Hodgson. 



I saw a few at Derali, where I again (as in Cashmere) pro- 

 cured the male in female plumage. 



* The precise grounds for identification are, that Lord Walden, Mr. Swinhoe, and 

 myself have between us compared specimens from all parts of India, from Ceylon to 

 Murree and Davjeeling, from Burmah, Tenasserim, the Malayan peninsular, from 

 the Andatnans, Sumatra, Japan, China and Lake Baikal and tbat, as I understand, we 

 are all agreed that it is one and the same species that is found in all these localities. 

 I cannot admit that all cinereoalbas have longer or shorter tails than terricolor. 

 Chinese specimens, sent by Mr. Swinhoe, agree perfectly with Sikffim specimens, and 

 both, with Andamanese, Sumatran, and, I may add (Birds of Borneo, Salvadori, p. 129), 

 Bornean ones. — Ed. 



