44 Mr. Blyth — A few Identifications 



Sylvia sibirica, MiddendorfF, is a synonym of Phylloscopus 

 fuscatus, nobis; and P. tristis, nobis, has been shown by Sir W. 

 Jardine to be identical with Sylvia b7^evirostris, Strickland, ob- 

 tained by himself in Asia Minor. 



Propasser frontalis, nobis (Ibis, 1862, p. 290; J. A. S. xxxii. 

 p. 458), is P.^AMra,Bonap. I had considered the female of another 

 species to be that of P. thura ; and there are now females of two 

 well-marked species of this genus in the museum of the Asiatic 

 Society, Calcutta, the males of which are unknown to us as yet. 

 One of them is described in J. A. S. xxxii. p. 458 as P. murrayi, 

 nobis. 



Burnesia lepida, nobis, of India, is undistinguishable from 

 Malurus gracilis, Riippell, of N.E. Africa, the latter specitic 

 name holding precedence. This little bird is sufficiently sepa- 

 rable from Suya, in my opinion. 



Examples of Cyanecula, Cisticola, and Passer, also, from Nubia, 

 appear to be quite identical with the ordinary Indian species. 



Dumetia albogularis, nobis, = Flaxen Warbler, Sylvia suhflava, 

 var,, Latham. This form is barely separable from Pellornium. 



Cisticola tytleri, nobis. Marked " N. S. Wales ? Buff-headed 

 Warbler, Lath., Syn. i. pp. 135, 164,^^ in the Derby Museum. 



Notodela diana, Lesson, i| perfectly congeneric with Musci- 

 sylvia, Hodgson, as I suggested long ago. The generic name 

 Ajax, Lesson, must be adopted. 



Muscicapa elegans, Temra. = Phoenicura rubeculoides, Vigors 

 (type of Cyornis, nobis ; of which group M. hyacintha and M, 

 concreta, Temm., are the finest examples). 



Siphia superciliaris of my Catalogue (no. 1009), >S^. rubro- 

 cyanea, Hodgson, = S Muscicapa tricolor and $ M. rupjestris, 

 Miiller, both from Timor. Quite undistinguishable from Hima- 

 layan specimens. 



ILrythrosterna maculata (Tickell), Muscicapula melanoleucay 

 nobis, passim ; also from Timor. 



Muscicapa solitaria, Miiller, from Timor. An Anthipes, with 

 hind claw more curved than in A. gularis, nobis. Brown above, 

 with rufous front, lores, and cheeks, pure white gular mark, and 

 white belly. 



Grandala ccelicolor, Hodgson.' The Sialia arctica, Swainson, 



