1842.] Asiatic Society. 885 



albogularis, Nobis, J. A. S. XI, 190, where an allied species is described by the 

 specific term super ciliaris, which accordingly may now give place to hyperythra. 



* Pericrocotits, (Boie, Phocnicornis, Swainson,) erythropygius ; Muscicapa ery- 

 thropygia, Jerdon, Catalogue. 



* Crypsirina leucogastra ; Dendrocitta leucogastra, Gould. 



* Pastor fuscus ? Wagler; P. Mahrattensis, Sykes: very closely allied to, but 

 distinct from, P. cristatellus, which latter is here common, but appears not to have 

 been observed by Mr. Jerdon in the peninsula, 



*Spermestes ? No. 173, bis, of Mr. Jerdon's Supplement. Decidedly 



distinct from Sp. leuconota, as is also Mr. Hodgson's Munia acuticauda, As. Res. 

 XIX, 153. 



Corypha baghaira ; Alauda Dukhunensis, Sykes: identical with the so called 

 ' Ortolan' of this part. 



*Mirafra Javanica : a specimen from Madras, according very well with the des- 

 cription by Stephens; and a specimen from the northern part of the Deccan, sent as 

 the M. Javanica of Mr. Jerdon's Catalogue, which, it may be, is distinct, but the varia- 

 tion of plumage to which these birds are probably subject, requires further investigation. 



*Anthus rufescens, apud Jerdon. 



*A. rufula, ditto. 



*A. similis, Jerdon. 



A. agilis ?, Sykes ; identical with the Bengalese, Nepalese, and Malayan specimens 

 which I have hitherto referred to A. Malayensis, Eyton. It may be either, so far as 

 the descriptions go, which are both very deficient in the necessary measurements; and 

 it is not unlikely that both descriptions refer to the same species, perhaps in summer 

 and winter dresses respectively. 



*Cuculus sparverioides : adult and young. 



*C Sonneratii ; v. C. Himalayanus of Mr. Jerdon's Catalogue. 



C. niger, Latham: v. doubtfully cited C. Jiavus of Mr. Jerdon's Catalogue, adult 

 male and female. 



* Phcenicophceus Jerdoni, Nobis ; Xanclostomus viridirostris, Jerdon. 



* Xanclostomus Sirkee ; Eudynamys (!) Sirkee, Hardwicke and Gray, and Sirkeer 

 Cuckoo of Latham : female. 



*Cinnyris polita ; male and female. 



*C. minima, Sykes : young male. 

 • *Dico3um concolor, Jerdon. 



Arachnothera inornata ; Cinnyris longirostris, Jerdon's Supplement. 



Upupa epops, from the Neilghierries : this bird is common in the neighbourhood of 

 Calcutta during the cool season, but in the peninsula is generally replaced by U. 

 minor. 



*Chatura gigantea ; Cypselus giganteus, Temminck: a specimen from Penang ; 

 and another which 1 consider to be identical in species, from the Neilghierries. 

 Very closely allied is the Ch. macroptera, Swainson, v. Ch. nudipes, Hodgson, 

 J. A. S. V, 779 ; but this has constantly the whole chin and throat conspicuously pure 

 white, forming a large and well defined patch, and the spinous extremities of the 

 caudal feathers are much less developed than in the other. 



I add a description of the specimens which I refer to Ch. gigantea. Presumed 



