354 ON BIRDS IN THE HUME COLLECTION. [Juiie 29, 



Both races are figured by Gould in the ' Birds of Asia/ but, like 

 other ornithologists, he considered the differences between them to 

 be of insufficient specific value. They are, however, so well marked 

 that I propose the name of Carpodacus severtzovi for the Central- 

 Asian bird, and Mr. Seebohm agrees with me that it ought to have 

 a different name from that of the Caucasus form (C rubicillus of 

 Giildenstadt). 



No. 3. On Lalage melanothorax, Sharpe. 



In registering and arranging the splendid series of Campophagidse 

 in the Hume Collection, I naturally looked out for additional 

 specimens of the fine Lalage which I described in 1879, from 

 Madras, naming it Lalage melanothorax (Cat. B. iv. p. 91). 



Not finding any additional specimens in the Hume Collection, I 

 had another look at the type in the British Museum, and at once 

 recognized that it must be an artefact ! The body is that of Lalage 

 sykesi, but the head and neck are those of Buchanga atra. That I 

 should not have noticed this before is as surprising as the fact that 

 I have shown the specimen to many ornithological friends, most of 

 them intimately acquainted with the two species above mentioned, 

 and that none of us have detected the fraud. On re-examining the 

 specimen, as I have done many times before, it is impossible to detect 

 where the birds have been joined together. Lalage melanothorax, 

 however, is a name to be suppressed. 



No. 4. On some Flycatchers of the Gewws Siphia. 



Seven specimens of Siphia olivacea (Hume) are in the Hume 

 Collection, and I find that I had rightly identified the species in the 

 'Catalogue of Birds,' vol. iv. p. 458. 



Gyornis albo-olivacea, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 488, is Setaria 

 peetoralis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 233, and Rhinomyias pectoralis of 

 my ' Catalogue,' vol. iv. p. 368. 



Cyornis poUogenys, Brooks, Str. F. 1878, p. 4^9, seems to be a 

 good species, and is closely allied to S. olivacea (Hume), but has a 

 grey head and face, and is orange-rufous on the breast, the throat 

 also being washed with the same colour and not white as in C. 

 olivacea. This species will have the following synonymy : — 



SiPHIA POLIOGENYS. 



Cyornis poliogenys, Brooks, Str. F. 1879, p. 469. 



Siphia cacharensis, Madarasz, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 52, Taf. 1. 

 fig. 2 (1884). 



Hab. Sikhim Terai {W. E. Brooks) ; Bhootan Dooars {Mandelti) ; 

 Dibrughur, Assam {J. R. Cripps) ; Shillong ; Cachar {A. 0. Hume) ; 

 Manipur (^. 0. Hume) ; Tippera. 



The plate of Siphia cacharensis does not agree with the description. 

 The latter, however, is very good, and leaves no doubt as to the 

 identity of the species. 



