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‘Zoological Miscellany’ as “ Abrornis chloronopus vel Re- 
gulus modestus auct.” Under these circumstances I do not 
see that Hodgson has the slightest claim to have his name 
recognized at all. 
Phylloscopus occipitalis (Jerdon), fide Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, 
p. 80. 
Phylloscopus trochiloides (Sundev.), apud Seebohm, Ibis, 
USTipupey Olli. 
The former is the spring plumage, and the latter the 
autumn plumage of P. occipitalis, Blyth. 
Phylloscopus viridipennis (Blyth) ,apud Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, 
p- 82. 
Phylloscopus (Reguloides) flavo-olivaceus, Hume, Stray 
Feath. v. p. 504 (1877). 
These are both synonyms of the true Phylloscopus regu- 
loides (Blyth). 
Phylloscopus presbytis (Muller), from Timor, is probably 
the Muscicapa presbytis of S. Mill. Tydschr. v. Natuurl. 
Geschied. en Phys. ii. p. 831 (1835), from Sumatra. It is 
the winter plumage of P. viridipennis, Blyth, whose name 
will stand, since Miller’s name is unaccompanied by any 
description. 
XXVI.—WNotes on the Ornithology of Ceylon. 
By EH. L. Layarp, F.Z.8. 
Tue last mail put me in possession of Parts I. and II. of 
Captain Legge’s ‘ Birds of Ceylon,’ with which I am especially 
delighted. It would ill become me to criticize the scientific 
history of the birds as given by the author; but as a “ pioneer,” 
as he calls me, in the field, permit me to add my testimony 
to the accurate descriptions of the habits of our feathered 
friends and the localities they inhabit. For the last two or 
three days I have not been in New Caledonia! Bodily, per- 
haps, I have; but in spirit I have roamed at will in the 
“ Mookalane ” of the south, the scrubby jungles of the west 
coast, and the trackless forests of the “ Wanoy,” over the vast 
