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sition of the Ornis of the Indian special province of the Indian region. 
This I divide into 24 districts, and give one to four asterisks to each 
square, according to the amount of commonness of the species, and a 
cross where I regard it only as a casual straggler. So that consider- 
able information is conveyed at a glance. I next take up the Indo- 
Chinese or Ultra-Indian province, for which I have a fair amount of 
material. You will have received from Col. Phayre a short note from 
me respecting the middle-sized Indian Cormorant and one of the 
Ring-plovers. I now tell you about them more in detail. No. 1006 
of Jerdon will stand as G. fuscicollis, Stephens: Syn. swlezrostris, 
Brandt (figured in Gould’s B. Austr.), sulcirostris et stictocephalus, 
Bonap., leucogaster, Meyer (apud Jerdon), lewcotis, Blyth, albiventer, 
Tickell and purpuragula, Peale,—Sinensis (apud Jerdon), G. K. Gray, 
cat. of Nipalese birds, Jerdon,—a somewhat formidable array” of 
synonyms. Also, one common small Cormorant is the true pygmeus of 
Pallas. Next, about the Ring-plovers. No. 849. This is, as I mentioned, 
4G. cwronicus, (Beseke), minor, Meyer, and Jndicus, Latham : distinct 
from 2. philippensis, (Scop.), which is a species intermediate to — 
ZL. cwronicus and Zi. cantianus, obtained by Wallace in Borneo, 4. 
philippensis in nuptial dress, has the usual white forehead surmounted 
by a black band, also a black loral streak and auriculars in part ; 
crown rufescent-brown with a more rufous periphery; some black 
behind the nuchal collar above ; the black pectoral streak narrow or 
interrupted in front ; and the tail unbanded, with the outermost three 
feathers white ; legs pale in the dry specimens: length of wing 4 inch; 
of tarse 14 inch. It should be looked for in 8. India. Of No. 850, 
there are two specimens in the India museum, one of which is the 
philippensis of Sykes’s list. After learning of the distinctness of phi- 
lippensis from cwronicus, I re-examined Horsfield’s type specimen of 
his puszllus ; and though in bad condition, especially about the nape, 
I now recognise it as distinct. It is in winter dress, and has not the 
white collar seen at all seasons in others of the present group. As 
compared with cwronicus, the tail is more cuneated, with the dark 
band considerably less developed, shewing only as a narrow cross” 
stripe on the outermost feathers. Perhaps it is Ch. Peronii, Sanys, the 
description of which I have not yet seen. It should also be looked 
for in S. India. Jerdon omits to include the Ch. nigri/rons, (Cuv.), v. 
