790 Asiatic Society. [No. 128. 



*Ceyx tridactyla, Lacepede; the so called first variety described in Shaw's 

 Zoology,' Vol. VIII, pt. tff 104. 



Bucco gularis, Temminck. 



Picus mentalis, Temminck, — not of Jerdon, Madr. Jl. Vol. XI, 214, which 

 is P. Nipalensis of Hardwicke and Gray, badly figured in their ' Illustrations of 

 Indian Zoology.' 



* Cuculus ( Pseudornis, Hodgson J lugubris, Horsfield, Lin. Trans. XIII, pt I, p. 

 179, and figured in the 'Zoological Researches in Java' of the same naturalist: C 

 albopunctulatus, Drapiez, Diet. Class, d' Hist. Nat., Art. Coucou. A rare species 

 in collections, and nearly allied to the Pseudornis dicruroides, Hodgson, J. A. 

 S. VIII, 136. 



*Rhinortha (Vigors, — Anadcenus, Swainson,) chlorophcea ; Cuculus chlorophceus, 

 Raffles, Lin. Trans. XIII, pt. II, p. 288. 



Eurylaimus Sumatranus, Raffles : Eu. Corydon, Temminck. 



Eu. ochromalus, Raffles : particularly fine. 



Calyptomena viridis, Raffles : male and female. 



Irena puella, Horsfield : female. 



Vanga cristata, Vieillot. 



Edolius balicassius verus, adult and young : E. affinis, Nobis, Vol. XI, p. 174. I 

 doubt whether this species occurs in India, being replaced here by E. Fingah, v. 

 albirictus, Hodgson, which is the Indian balicassius, Auetorum. I append a Mono- 

 graph of the Asiatic species of this genus at the close of the present report. 



Lanius strigatus, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 103. Four specimens, all in the obvi- 

 ously immature livery described by Mr. Eyton, and also by myself. (Vol. XI, p. 203). 



* Tephrodornis sylvicola, Jerdon, Madr. Jl. No. XXV, 237. This bird appears 

 also to be very common in the Tenasserim provinces. 



Muscipeta atriceps, Nobis, Vol. XI, p. 203. The fully mature male of this species 

 has the dorsal region very rich deep ferruginous-bay, with a fine purplish gloss, and all 

 the colours more intense than in the specimen formerly described by me. * 



well- drilled savage within the grasp of his hand, the head and tail protruding at either opening, 

 and the plumage carefully smoothed down. "When he arrives within twenty or thirty yards of 

 the quarry, the sportsman throws his hawk much as he would a cricket-ball, in the direction of it. 

 The little creature gains his wings in an instant, and strikes his game after the manner of the 

 Bhause [Goshawk.] 



" There is a queer tribe of gregarious little birds, common in India, which afford very laughable 

 sport with the above mentioned hawk. They are usually found in a chattering fluttering congress 

 of ten or a dozen, at the foot of some baubul tree ; where the little busy-bodies are so absorbed 

 in the subject under immediate agitation, that the falconer may approach within six paces of their 



noisy court of parliament ere they entertain a thought of proroguing it [Malacocercus is 



probably the species meant]. In the heat of debate, down comes the little Hawk (like some 

 Cromwell) into the midst of the astonished assembly, and begins to lay about him right and left ; 

 when strange to say, the whole tribe set upon him, unguibus et rostris, and with a virulence 

 of tongue as manifestly vituperative, as if it were couched in words. In the dust of the contest, 

 the sportsman runs up, and all the party take wing, except two or three unfortunates, who, 

 having caught a tartar, lie fluttering in the clutches of the feathered tyrant." 



* I have now reason to believe that the latter is a female, whilst the specimen formerly 

 described as female is certainly distinct, and may be designated M. plumosa. I shall therefore 

 redescribe the two as follow :— 



M. atriceps, Nobis. Length seven inches and upwards, of wing three inches and three-eighths, 

 and tail two inches and five-eighths; bill to forehead (through the feathers) three-quarters 



