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Green Iudiau Warbler, Lath. Syn. II. 2,474, No. 90, 1781. 

 Le Figuier Vert et Jaime. Buff'. Hist. Nat. VI., 160, Edition 

 of 1783; V., 278, Edition of ? 

 tiphia, Gm. S. N. I., 963, 1788. 

 sub-viridis, Tick J. A. S. B. II., 577, 1833. 



zeylonica,* Gm. S. N. I., 964, 1788 (ex Ceylon Black cap 

 Brown's 111. 36, t. 15; and Cevlon Warbler, Lath. Syn 

 II. 2, 474, No. 87, 1781). 



multicolor, Gm. S. N. I., 924, 1788 (ex Green-rumped 

 Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn. III. 329, No. 96. 1781); Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. II., 465, 1790; Gen. Hist. VI. 111. 



Le Quadricolor, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. III. 121, t. 141, 1802. 



quadricolor, Vieill. End. Metb. 481. 



melaceps, Swains. ? 



meliceps, Horsf. Apdx. Desp. Court Direct. 17 of 16th Septem- 

 ber 1840, pub. J. A. S. B. X. 50, 1841. 



scapularis, Horsf. Tr. L. S. III., 152, 1821 ; Zool. Res. Java, 



1824. 

 viridissima, 1 em. apud Bly. J. A. S. B. XIV. 602, 1845, et 



Horsf. Cat. B. Mus. P. I. C. I. 266, &c, nee Tern. 



viridis, Tern. Bp. Consp. I. 397, 1850— Sal vad. U. de B. 190. 



Linnaeus' description of The Common Iora is as usual brief. 



" Green, below yellowish ; wings black, with two white bars. 

 Inhabits Bengal. 



''Wing- bars resulting from white tips to coverts." 



He refers to Edwards and Brisson. 



Edwards' original description is as follows : — f 



" The bill is black or dusky, a little inclining to yellow near 

 the head, and a very little bowed downwards; the top of the 

 head, upper side of the neck and back, are of a green colour 

 pretty dark; the rump and upper coverts of the tail green, 

 but something' lighter ; the sides of the head, throat, breast, 



* Moore and Horsf. Cat. B. Mus. E- I. C. I. 267, Bp. and others give Motacilla 

 eingalensis and melanictera of Gmel. as synonyines; singalensis, Gm. is certainly 

 not synonymous, and there is no Motacilla melanictera, Gm. that I can find. 

 Probably, Muscicapa melanictera, Gm., is intended, which, as is well known, is a 

 bulbul, Rubigula melanictera. 



f Latham, Gen. Hist. VII. 128, Shaw. Gen. Zool. X. 688, and others following 

 these, refer Edwards' pi. 79 to the female, and refer to plate 15 as representing the 

 male. This seems to be a mistake. Edwards never. I believe, figured the male, and his 

 pi. 15 represents " The long-tailed Dove." Stephens, to be more exact, specifies pi. 

 15 of the '■ Gleanings" the first plate in which (they being a sort of continuation 

 of the " Natural History of uncommon birds) is No. 211, and the 15th of them 

 (No. 216) representing "The Mongooz," which by the way is not a Mongoose 

 at all. 



