1855.] Catalogue of Nipalese Birds. 57B 



to consult the priorly made Catalogue of Birds which, notwithstand- 

 ing the changes made in it also by the same hands, yet more clearly 

 than the latter and official one, reflected my own conceptions, parti- 

 cularly as to novelty of species. 



Accordingly I have been frequently asked for copies of this prior 

 Catalogue which is frequently cited by writers in Europe, 

 but I have no more copies left and cannot comply with these 

 requests. It seems to me that the republication of the Cata- 

 logue in our Journal might be of service to local explorers, 

 whose labours it is the great aim of our Journal to assist and faci- 

 litate ; and that this Catalogue, giving as it does, in one view, a 

 complete euumeratiou of Nipalese species, must always be conve- 

 nient for consultation, notwithstanding its errors. I therefore 

 forward it for publication if the Society see fit ; and I have margin- 

 ally noted the chief points in which, I think, Mr. Gray has unwisely 

 deviated from my own allocation of new types. 



I am, your's truly, 

 B. H. Hodgson. 



The numbers after the names refer to the drawings and specimens, a nearly- 

 complete series of which has been sent to the British Museum. The genera are 

 arrenged according to the sytem followed in that collection.* 



Vulturidce. G-ypaetos barbatus, 604. Neophron percnopterus, 

 605. Yultur fulvus, 805. V. leuconotus, 46. V. bengalensis, 47. 

 Y. tenuiceps, 806. Polypteryx cupido, v. cinereus ? 802. Hemigyps 

 ponticerianus, 804. 



Falconidce. Buteo canescens, 11, 12. B. erythrura, 779. Hemi- 

 setus strophiatus, 496. Aquila crassipes, v. nsevia ? 1. A. nipalen- 

 sis, vel rubriventer, 5. A. milvoides, 583. A. ? Daphanea, 683. A. 

 vittata, 725. A. bifasciata, 789. Neopus perniger, 2. Butaquila 

 leucocephala, 859. Nissstus grandis, 7. N. pallidus, 8. N. nipa- 

 lensis, 9. N. pulchrior, 680, 786. Limnsetus unicolor, v. ? penna- 

 tus, 757. Circsetus nipalensis, v. undulatus, Vigors, 4. C. tarayen- 

 sis, 6. C. mithilensis, 754. C. maculatior, 777. C. gallicus, 753. 



* This arrangement so far as it differs from my own (only slightly) is that of 

 the Museum Catalogues. For the rest, the names of species, genus, subfamily 

 and family are all my own. 



