1844.] 



the Birds of Southern India, 



about 8 inches— wing 3* 0 — tail 3£ —bill at front / 0 — tarsus ^ths 

 — Irides said to be red — (I have not as yet seen fresh speci- 

 mens myself.) 



No. 69. — It is possible that this bird may be the Brachy- 

 pus gularis of Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, from Travancore, as it 

 agrees with the description except as to the throat, the color 

 'of which however may have been accidentally omitted, as the 

 specific name is derived therefrom. 



No. 71. — This must be the Chloropsis malabaricus auct, 

 the true aurifrons not being found in the peninsula. 



No. 72. — Mr. Blyth considering that the specimens I had 

 sent him of this Chloropsis did not agree exactly with the 

 description of Cochinsinensis, proposed the specific name of 

 Jerdoni. Mr, Strickland however appears to think that I 

 had rightly identified it. On a minute examination of the 

 descriptions in Latham, and other authors, I am by no means 

 certified of the correctness of this application, and as notwith- 

 standing the labours of Sir W. Jardine and other naturalists, 

 considerable confusion appears to exist among the species of 

 the interesting group, I shall here add the result of my in- 

 vestigations. 



1. Chloropsis aurifrons — C. malabaricus, apud Jard, and 

 Selby — s. pi. 5, 111. Orn., afterwards corrected in Synopsis of 

 species in the 2d vol. s. pi. 100 — Hurruwa Bee Eater, Lath, 

 but not var. A., which appears to be the next species — 

 Phyllornis aurifrons T. P. C. 484. 1 — not C. aurifrons apud 

 Jerdon, Catal. Not found in Southern India. 



2. Chi. malabaricus (Lath)— yellow fronted Thrush— do. 

 No. 50— Hurruwa Bee Eater, var. A., not malabaricus of 

 Jardine and Selby, Synopsis, nor of Blyth J. A. S., nor of 

 Eyton P. Z. S. — C. aurifrons apud Jerdon, Cat. No. 71 — 

 C. ccEsmarhynchos (misprint for gampsorhynchos) apud Tic- 

 kell and Blyth J. A, S. 



