and Rectifications of Synonymy. 29 



by him in Sumatra (Tr.Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 278). Dr. Jerdon writes 

 me word that it is not rare in the interior of the Himalaya. 



Polio7-nis pyrrhogonys (Temm., ibid.) is the same as Buteo pyg- 

 mcEus, nobis, from the Tenasserim provinces (one specimen only 

 obtained by the late Dr. Heifer). 



Falco hemilasius, T. and S. (ibid.), is identical with Butaquila 

 leucocephalus (v. Buteo aquilinus), Hodgson, from Tibet. 



"Hierax melanoleucus ?, Blyth," Moore's Catalogue, i. 16. "A. 

 India. Donor unknown." This is the young of H. fringillarius, 

 Drapiez, v. malayensis, Strickland (Ibis, 1863, p. 11) — a Ma- 

 layan species, which extends northward, sparingly, to the southern 

 Tenasserim provinces, where its range meets that of H. eutolmus, 

 Hodgson. The H. melanoleucus, nobis, from Assam, is conspi- 

 cuously distinct, and the specimen still remains unique. It is a 

 larger species than the others, black above, with a broad white 

 collar, and white below (inclusive of the tibial plumes, which are 

 black in H. fringillarius and bright ferruginous in H. eutolmus). 

 In fact, it is so obviously different that it could not be mistaken 

 for any other. 



Huhua, No. 83, 'Ibis,' 1863, p. 25, The species from the 

 Himalaya, H. nipalensis, Hodgson, is quite distinct from, and a 

 much larger bird than, H. orientalis (Horsf., v. sumatrana, Raf- 

 fles, strepitans, Temminck) of the Malayan region ; the latter 

 being doubtless that of which the young (as figured by Tem- 

 minck, PI. Col. 174) was obtained by Lieut.-Col. Tickell in the 

 Tenasserim provinces. 



Bulaca sinensis ; Strix sinensis, Latham, v. orientalis, ^aw. 

 This is clearly the S. seloputo, Horsfield, v.pagodaram, Temm., of 

 the Malayan region, spreading into the Tenasserim provinces 

 and Siam, and doubtless into China ; as distinguished from B. 

 ocellata {Syrnium ocellatum. Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 289) 

 of India, which has not been observed eastward of the Bay of 

 Bengal. Latham had merely seen a drawing from India 

 (doubtless Hardwicke's), which he thought might refer to his 

 S. sinensis; but both Latham's and Shaw's descriptions clearly 

 indicate the Malayan species. The Indian has conspicuous 

 rose-coloured orbits, though I see that my friend Dr. Jerdon 

 has described them as " orange'' ; this, however, may depend 

 on the age, the red colour distinguishing the young. 



