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was at first referred by Mr. Blytn to the same group as the 

 last, but he has since proposed for it a new genus, Schoenicoia- 



*No. 113 bis. — Phragamaticola olivacea, Blyth, new species. 



I procured at Nellore among some high reeds a species so 

 similar in size and colouring to Acrocephalus arundinaceus , 

 that without further examination I referred it to that species, 

 and it was only on looking over my specimens of that bird, that 

 I recognised its peculiarities. I forwarded it to Mr. Blyth, 

 being myself doubtful where to locate it, and that gentleman 

 has made of it a new genus to which he has given the above 

 name, and will shortly fully describe its peculiarities. It is 

 somewhat allied to Sphenura, especially in its habits, but 

 differs in its wider and more depressed bill, and varies in other 

 points. Its plumage, as I have before mentioned, is almost 

 identical with that of the European Reed Thrush. 



Length 1\ to 8 inches, W. 3, T. 3 J, Tars. 1J, Bill 

 (front) ^%ths. 



No. 95 bis.— Suppl. Cat— Mr. Blyth first referred my Thi- 

 malia poioicephala to his genus Trichastoma, which has since 

 been identified by Strickland with Malacopteron of Eyton, 

 but he has since, I believe, referred it to his new genus Al- 

 cippe. 



No. 109 bis. — Suppl. Cat. — Phcenicura major. — I am now 

 inclined to class this bird as a Calliope, but Mr. Blyth pro- 

 poses for it a new genus which he will shortly define. 



No. 109 tef. — My Phcenicura super ciliaris was previously 

 named by Hodgson Larvivora cyanea. Mr. Blyth agrees 

 with me in considering that it comes under Calliope, and it 

 will now therefore stand as Calliope cyanea. 



No. 115. — Orthotonus lingoo, Sykes', is to be cancelled, 

 being only the young of O. Bennettii, as has been ascertain- 

 ed by Strickland from Col. Sykes' own specimens. 



No. 117 — Pr'mia gracilis. — This name has been changed 



