* 



376 Appendix to Mr. Blyth's Report [No. 149. 



as Mr. Jerdon and others have done with the Indian species, which 



are as follow : — 



p 



1. Pr. sylvatica, Jerdon, Madr. Jl. XI, 4. This is one of the most 



Timalia-Yike, having the bill comparatively deep and compressed. 

 It inhabits the Neilgherries. 



2. Pr. socialis, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89. Indian peninsula. Pro- 

 bably also Bengal, as it is figured in one of Buchanan's drawings, by the 

 name Sylvia kalaphutki, i. e. ' Black Phutky (or Foodkey, apud 

 Latham,) a name by which this tribe is generally known to the natives 

 of India. 



3. Pr. flaviventris ; Orthotomus flaviventris, Delessert, Souv. pt. 

 II, 30. Neilgherries ; Bengal, Tenasserim, Singapore.* The Motacilla 

 olivacea, Raffles, Lin. Trans. XIII, 313, is probably allied to this. 



4. Pr. inornata, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89. Very common in the 

 Indian Peninsula, in Bengal, and also in Nepal. The wing varies in 

 length from an inch and three-quarters, or even less, to two inches, and 

 this in specimens from the same locality. That described as new in 

 XI, 883, is, I now think, but a variety of the present species. 



5. Pr. Franklinii, Nobis; Pr. macroura, Franklin, P. Z. S. 183], 

 p. 118, but not Pr. macroura, (Latham,) founded on the Capocier of 

 Levaillant. " Closely allied to the last, though perfectly distinct ; dif- 

 fering in the more reddish or fawn tint of the brown, and the more ru- 

 fous tint of the white. It is much more rare than the last, and 

 prefers more jungly and wooded places." Jerdon. Non vidi. 



6. Pr. Buchanani, Nobis ; Pr. rzififrons, Jerdon, Madras Jl. XI, 4, 

 but not of Ruppell. Southern India. Probably also Bengal, as it is 

 figured by Buchanan Hamilton. 



7. Pr. Hodgsonii, Nobis; Pr. gracilis, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, 

 p. 119, but not Malurus gracilis of Ruppell, (figured also by Savigny,) 

 which pertains to the present group. A Nepalese specimen forwarded by 

 Mr. Hodgson, appears perfectly identical in species with one from 

 Southern India presented by Mr. Jerdon. 



8. Pr. lepida, Nobis. A delicate little species, with the colouring of a 

 Malacocercus. Length four inches and three-quarters, of which the 



* At least, M. Delessert's description of the Neilgherry bird applies to specimens 

 from the vicinity of Calcutta and from Tenasserim and Singapore ; and M. Delessert, 

 to whom I have shewn the latter, thinks them identical in species : but actual compa- 

 rison is still necessary to confirm this. 



