par le nord de I' Europe. 273 
Pernis maculosa, Less, a name applied on account of the mottled 
state of the plumage. From the dimensions, twenty-two inches in 
length, this seems the immature state of the P. apivorus, where 
white much predominates. Melias tristis, from the neighbourhood 
of Pegu, is figured as new, while a doubt is held out that it may 
be the Phaenocophaus melanagnathus of Horsfield (Trans. Linn. 
Soc.) Garrulax Belangerii, Less, considered new, and procured 
during the expedition of Belanger. The bird figured^under this 
title is the Corvus leucocephalus of Hardwicke, (Trans. Linn. Soc.) 
the Glandarius leucocephalus of Gould, (Illust. Himal.) From 
this and another bird figured under the title of Gar. rtibrifrons, 
Less, that gentleman has formed his genus Garrulax, allied to 
Turdus, he thinks, and to be placed after Myophonus. They 
nevertheless appear to us to come much closer to Glandarius, if they 
can at all bear separation. The first was procured at Pegu, the lat- 
ter, Java. Cryptonix Diissumierii, Less, is certainly the C. niger of 
Vigors ; but while M. Lesson has given this bird a new appellation, 
he at the same time advances another theory. The males of this ge- 
nus, he remarks, have the eyes always surrounded by a bare and 
turgid space j in his C. Dussumieri, the cheeks are entirely covered 
with feathers, hence it must be a female (an alternative not neces- 
sary,) and is in reality that sex of the C. coronatus, while the birds 
which we have been in the habit of considering the female of this 
species, and the figure of the Planches Colories (PI. cccli.) is a young 
male in immature plumage. The species described are from the 
Straits of Malacca, and, he adds, is very rare. Neither the C. co- 
ronatus, nor this black bird, however, seem uncommon in British col- 
lections, or in those of the dealers. Phasianus Reynaudii, Less. 
M. &. F., approaches close to the Ph. lineatus of Latham ; indeed, in 
our correspondence with Mr Gray remarks, that it is the same, " as I 
have proved by comparing the figure with the original drawing in 
possession of the veteran English ornithologist." Drawings which we 
have lately received, taken from recent specimens, however, seem to 
differ somewhat from Lesson's figure. The female, we believe, has 
not been previously represented. Otis aurita. Figured in an im- 
mature state. This appears a very rare bird. Few collections pos- 
sess it adult. The Museum of Paris has it not. M. Lesson found 
it on the coast of Coromandel, and remarks, " Nous ne connaissons 
point de figure de 1'individu adult." If he will examine Forbes' 
Oriental Memoirs, he will find one ; and in Illust. of Ornith. by Sir 
W. Jardine and P. J. Selby, three, of the adult male and female, 
