367 
on Dr. Jerdon’s 1 Birds of India. 3 
Gould (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 151). The Indo-Chinese Hoopoe is 
merely much deeper-coloured than U. epops of Bengal, &c., 
while that of Southern India and Ceylon is likewise deeper- 
coloured, but also smaller, though with the same length of bill, 
and neither of the two rufous races shows any white (or only the 
merest trace of it) at the extremity of the crest-feathers. 
256. LANIUS LAHTOllA. 
In Dr. Heuglin’s list of birds collected in the Red Sea, it is 
remarked that this Shrike was “ observed on the island of A gig 
(18°—19°N. lat.), on Dahalak, and near Tadjura ” (Ibis, 1859, 
'p. 342). It is perhaps not uncommon in the Arabian Peninsula ; 
but may not Dr. Heuglin’s bird be L. algeriensis , Lesson ? (Cf, 
Strickland, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 217.) 
259. Lanius nigriceps, Frankl .; Gray and Mitchell, Ill. 
Gen. Birds, pi. 71. 
262. Lanius arenarius. 
For the distinction between this race and L. isabellinus, 
Ehrenberg, Mr. Strickland’s paper (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 217) 
should be consulted. 
265. Tephrodornis ponticeriana. 
Noticed from Singapore in the Ornithological Report ac¬ 
companying the narrative of Commodore Perry’s Expedition to 
Japan. T. superciliosa, Swainson, of Java is admitted as distinct 
by Dr. Cabanis. Dr. Jerdon mentions T. gularis , Raffles, “from 
Malacca and the isles” (ii. 411). The peninsular species is 
quite distinct, and may stand as T. sordida, Wallace. 
266. Tephrodornis grisola. 
Dr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 217) refers a Bornean specimen 
of this bird, which I identified for him, to the genus Pachycephala . 
The only Indian specimen that I ever saw of it was shot by 
myself in the Calcutta Botanic Garden. Aiming at a T. ponti¬ 
ceriana, I brought down both that bird and the present one, 
which happened to be in the same line of shot*. Specimens 
were subsequently received from Arakan, the Andamans, and 
* I obtained the only Lower Bengal specimen of Mirafra cantillans in 
the same way. 
