1844.] 



the Birds of Southern India. 



* No. 150 bis.— Muscicapa ( Cyornis J Tickellice Blyth— 

 M. hyacinthina T. apud Tickell. 9 



As it is probable that most of Tickeli's species will be found 

 within the limits of my district, I shall here include such of 

 his birds as have been authenticated, and this among the num- 

 ber. 



•>No. 154 bis.— Suppl. Cat— M. rubecula Sw. Mr. Blyth 

 suggests that this' may probably be the female of the pre- 

 ceding bird. 



No. 125. — Sykes' M. picata is distinct from the Malayan 

 bird, with which I had confounded it, but it will bear the prior 

 name of tyrannides, Tickell. The M. variegata Auct. is 

 perhaps the female of this bird. 



, No. 156 — Muse. Erythropygia. — This is probably a species 

 of Phosnicornis (vel Pericrocotus) as suggested by Mr. Blyth. 

 I find it described, and a figure of the male given by Latham, 

 as the Cawnpore Flycatcher, No. 30 G. H . 



No. 161. — The Pica Sinensis is a doubtful native of the 

 Peninsula ; I have never obtained it ; and as the collection in 

 which I saw it named as from the Eastern Ghauts, included 

 specimens from other parts of the country, I shall in future 

 exclude it from the Peninsular Fauna. 



No. 166. — This bird described uncler the name of Pastor 

 MaTabaricus in my Catalogue being considered new, I gave 

 a figure of it in my Illustrations under the name of P. Blythii. 



* No. 166 bis. — P. Malabaricus verus. — The gray headed 

 Myna alluded to in my account of the last bird, as a cold 

 weather visitant to the peninsula, is now considered to be the 

 real Malabaricus. It is abundant in Bengal. 



No. 168. — The hill Myna of Southern India is quite distinct 

 from that of Bengal, which again differs much from that of Ma- 

 layana. Mr. Blyth who had only seen the two forms, consi- 

 dered the Bengal one as true religiosa, vcl Javanus Cuv., and 



