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The whole of these constitute a group of E. and S. E. Asiatic Cats 

 per se, which have not the peculiar clubbed tail of F. uncia, with 

 which Dr. Gray associates them. To the species of birds to be ex- 

 punged from Jerdon's Indian series (p. 282), may be added Olocoris 

 penicillata, for which 0. longirostris of Kashmir, Kooloo, &c, has 

 hitherto been mistaken. 0. penicillata of W. Asia is smaller, with 

 much longer ear-tufts, and the black of the cheeks is continuous with 

 that of the breast. Have I told you that Carpophaga cwprea y Jerdon, 

 is well distinguished from G. insignis, Hodgson, having the neck and 

 lower parts much more ashy, while both differ from G. badia, 

 (Raffles), of Sumatra ? Of G. pusilla, nobis, I have seen more spe- 

 cimens from S. India, where perhaps it co-exists with the large G. 

 cenea ; and both cuprea and pusilla are very likely to inhabit the 

 mountains of Ceylon. Grauculus Layardi, nobis, (papuensis apud 

 Sykes,) of S. India and Ceylon, is very distinct from G. macci of 

 Bengal, &c, much smaller, with the wings strongly banded under- 

 neath. The Malayan G.javensis is a miniature of G. macei, of the 

 same small size as G. Layardi. As many as four races have been 

 confounded under Pycnonotus jocosus, (L.,) a name which must be 

 retained for that of China, which I have not seen. The Bengal bird 

 will stand as emeria of Shaw (pyrrhotis, Hodgson). The Tenasserim 

 and Penang race is monticolus, M'Clelland. That of S. India will be 

 named by Gould, and it has no white markings on the rectrices. In the 

 Zoological Gardens are apparently two new species of Pheasant. One 

 is a female, of a duplicate race to nycthemerus, being of the true silver 

 Pheasant type. The other is a male ; very like lineatus of Burma ; 

 but the markings of the upper parts more resemble those of nycthe- 

 merus ; it has no white along the ridge of the tail, and no white 

 streaks on the flanks. Some think it a hybrid ; but, if so, it can 

 only be between lineatus and nycthemerus. The tail, however, is 

 shaped exactly as in the former, whereas it should be considerably 

 more lengthened, if the bird had nycthemerus for one parent ; and its 

 legs also should in that case be larger, and shew some trace of the 

 crimson colour of those of nycthemerus. I am, therefore, disposed to 

 consider it as a true wild race of Kallij, probably from some more 

 eastern part of the Indo-Chinese peninsula. 



