180 Report on the Mammalia and more remarkable [No. 2. 



Malacocercus striatus, Sw. ; if really distinct from M. ben- 

 galensis, (Brisson). 



M. rufescens, nobis, J, A. S. XVI, 453. 



Drymoica valida ; Dr. robusta* nobis, J. A. S. XVIII, 812. 



Cisticola omalura, nobis, ante. 



Pomatorhinus melanurus, nobis, J. A. S. XVI, 451. 



Alcippe nigrifrons, nobis, J. A. S. XVIII, 815. 



Drymocataphus fuscocapilltjs, nobis, ibid. 



Oreocincla spiloptera, nobis, J. A. S. XVI, 142. 



Merula kinnisii, Kelaart, nobis, ante. 



Pratincola atrata, Kelaart, nobis, ante. 



Brachypteryx (?) Palliseri, Kelaart, nobis, ante. 



Hirundo hyperythra, Layard, nobis, /. A. S. XVIII, 814. 



Tephrodornis affinis, nobis, J. A. S. XVI, 473. 



Dicrurus edoliformis, nobis, J. A. S. XV, 297. 



D. leucopygialis, nobis, J. A. S. XV, 298. 



Pycnonotus penicillatus, Kelaart, nobis, ante* 



P. nigricapillus, (Drapiez).f 



* Pre-occupied by another species described by Dr. Riippell. Again, Malurus 

 gracilis, Riippell, Atlas, is a Drymoica very closely affined to, if not identical 

 with, our Dr. lepida, /. A. S. XIII, 376, XVI, 460. The name Prinia 

 gracilis, Franklin, subsequently bestowed to Malurus gracilis, Riippell, will 

 nevertheless stand, as this refers to a true Prinia as distinguished from Dry- 

 moica. Prinia rufifrons, Franklin, on the other hand, is a Drymoica ; and 

 the specific name claims precedence over Pr. rufifrons, Riippell, Neue Wirbel., 

 which is another Drymoica, and may now bear the name of Dr. Ruppelli, nobis. 

 Of ten Arabian and N. African species at present assigned to Drymoica by Dr. 

 Riippell, those named by him clamans, gracilis, rufifrons, mystacea, and 

 robusta are true Drymoica, — pulchella is a Prinia, — and lugubris, ery- 

 throgenis, and seemingly inquieta and ruficeps, are Cisticol^e. The species 

 of the last named group have constantly twelve rectrices, whereas those of the two 

 former have but ten. Another Indian type, Malacocercus, is represented in N. 

 Africa by the Malurus acaci^e, M. squamiceps, and Crateropus rubigino- 

 sus, of Riippell, and in S. Africa by Cr. Jardinit, A. Smith. The Cr. leuco- 

 cephalus, Cr. leucopygius, and Cr. plebeius, Riippell, appertain to a dis- 

 tinct African type which is unknown in India. 



f Sylvia nigricapilla, Drapiez, v. JEgith'ma atricapilla, Vieillot, founded on 

 Levaillant, Ois. d'Afr., pi. 140; Rubigula aberrans, nobis, /. A. S. XV, 287, 

 XVI, 472. Vieillot's name has the priority, but his Muscicapa atricapilla refers 



