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I have procured several specimens of this Titlark in the 

 neighbourhood of Nellore. Mr. Blyth obtained his specimen 

 from Darjeeling. 



No. 193 bis. — This species must be cancelled, it being iden- 

 tical with my Pellorneum, No. 86, as previously indicated. 



No. 195. — This is now the Erythrospiza erythrina (Pall.), 

 the name rosea of Vieillot being preoccupied, and L. Bona- 

 parte's generic name being prior to Hozmorrhous of Swainson. 



No. 197.— This the common Hornbill of Malabar must 

 stand as Buceros pica, Scopoli, — whose names precede those 

 of Latham. It is distinct from the Bengal bird, B. albirostris. 



No. 198. — This species will stand now as Buceros birostris 

 Scop. 



* No. 205 bis.— P. ceylonus Forst. P. neglectas, Wagler. 



Lord Arthur Hay brought from Ceylon a single specimen 

 of this Woodpecker, which, it is highly probable, will be yet 

 found in the southernmost portions of the peninsula. 



No. 206 — P. (Hemicercus J cordatus. — Mr. Blyth appears 

 to think that the Picus Canente of Lesson is identical with my 

 bird. A figure will appear in my Illustrations No. o. Mr. 

 Blyth has obtained it from Arracan. 



No. 208 — P. Elliotti. — Some time ago a pair, male and 

 female, of a fine Woodpecker were serit to me by Lord Arthur 

 Hay, which had been identified by Mr. Elliot, as the one 

 described by me from his notes. The male has the crest fine 

 red — but the description of the female was accurate enough 

 when the punctuation is corrected ; for it should be read 

 " Cheeks black ; spot from the eye," &c. — on seeing these 

 birds I at once recognised a Woodpecker described by Mr. 

 Blyth as P. ( Chrysocolaptes J melanotics. On my arrival at 

 Madras and comparing the descriptions of Latham and Shaw, 

 together with the figure in Shaw copied from the PI. Enl., 

 I at once saw that this was the Goa Woodpecker of old 

 authors, P. Goensis— and it will accordingly stand as Chryso- 



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