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Mr. E. C. Stuakt Baker proposed the following new 

 names for two Indian birds : — 



Alcedo iredalei, nom. nov. 

 Alcedo grandis, the name given by Blyth to the Great 

 Indian Kingfisher, is unfortunately preoccupied by Alcedo 

 grandis of Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 458 (1788). 



Upupa epops orientalis, nom. nov. 



Upupa indica of Eeichs. Handl. spec. Orn. p. 320 (1851-4) 

 is preoccupied by Upupa indica of Latham, Ind. Orn. i. 

 p. 280 (1790), founded on the Blue Promerops (Latham, 

 Syn. Supp. i. p. 124). 



Mr. Stuart Baker also described the following new 

 race of Laughing-Thrush : — 



Garrulax alhogularis whistleri. 



Similar to Garralav alhogularis albogularis Gould, of 

 which the type-locality is Nepal, but larger and much paler 

 above, with a greyer, less rufous tint. Below also it is paler 

 and duller. 



Wing from 132 (very abraded) to 144 mm.; average 

 139 mm. 



Type-locality. Simla. 



Type. In the British Museum, ^ , Simla, 3. xi. 80 ; 

 86. 10. L 3841. 



Distribution. Himalayas from Hazara to Garhwal. 



Named after Mr. H. Whistler of the Indian Police, who 

 has done much excellent iield-work in N.W. India. 



Mr. J. J). D. La Touche communicated ihe following 

 descriptions of new birds from S.E.Yunnan, S.W. China: — 



Heteroxenicus cruralis laurentei, subsp. nov. 



' Nearest to H. c. cruralis from the Shan States, but with 

 almost uniform blue be.ly, only a shade of grey, and 

 larger than the average Shan States bird. It differs from 

 Sikkim birds in having a much larger wing than these 

 ■and by its conspicuously heavier bill. Sikkim birds (wing 



67 mm.) also show a good deal of grey on the abdomen. 



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