240 EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. 



CALAMOHERPE CANTANS, (Tern :i. and Schleg.) 



Salicaria cantans, Temm. and Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 51, (1850.) 

 Temm. and Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves, pi. 19. 

 A single specimen, from the vicinity of Macao. 



MALACOCIRCUS GRISEUS, (Gmelin.) 



Turdus griseus, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 824, (1788.) 



Malacocercus striatus, Swainson Zool. 111. Ill, p. 127, (1833.) 



Swains. Zool. 111. (2d series) III, pi. 127. 



Appears to he a common hird of Ceylon. Specimens in the collection of the expedition present 

 no characters other than are usual in this species. 



We find, in Mr. Heine's manuscript notes, the following relating to this hird : 



"The name of this hird was given to me at Pointe de Galle, Ceylon, as "the Cinnamon 

 bird;" but why it has obtained such a designation I cannot determine. It seemed to prefer 

 the dense woods, always sitting in the darkest and densest foliage. Its flight is very swift and 

 noiseless ; indeed, it glides through the air like the ghost of a bird, scarcely stirring the air. 

 Its weight is very small compared with its apparent bulk, so that it seemed as if I held in my 

 hand only a bunch of feathers. Sometimes it allowed me to approach quite near, but keeping, 

 nevertheless, its light-colored, curious-looking eye fixed on me with anxious attention." 



The habits of this bird here given by Mr. Heine seem to be different in some respects from 

 Mr. Layard's account of this species in "Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon," in Annals and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. XII, p. 271, but we have no doubt as to the identity of the species. 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS, (Linn.) 



Gracula saularis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 165, (1766.) 



Gryllivora intermedia, Swains. 



Edwards' Birds IV, pi. 181. 



From Pointe de Galle, Ceylon. The specimens in the present collection are rather large for 

 this species, and seem to approach C. mindanensis. The relations of the species of this genus to 

 each other are, however, rather complex, and not easily determined. 



PETROCINCLA MANILLENSIS, (Gmelin.) 



Turdus manillensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 833, (1788.) 



Buff. PI. Enl. 636, 564. 



Several specimens from Macao; where, according to Mr. Heine, it is of frequent occurrence. 

 He observes : "This bird inhabits rocky hills and declivities in the neighborhood of Macao. I 

 do not remember having seen two of this species together in one place, but always alone, perched 

 on the top of a rock or stone, and very shy. When alarmed, it immediately disappears into its 

 hiding-place in the fissures of the rocks, or other places affording concealment." 



PETROCINCLA PANDOO, Sykes. 



Petrocincla pandoo, Sykes Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1831, p. 87. 



Adult and young birds in the present collection appear to be the species established by Col. 

 Sykes, as above, and are easily distinguished from the preceding by their uniform slate-blue 

 plumage, without the chestnut abdomen of P. manillensis. But from P. cyanea, we can find 



