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believe that the slightest difference exists, having compared 
numerous specimens from both localities. The P. flammeus of 
the Western Himalaya, noticed by Dr. A. L. Adams (P. Z. S. 
1859, p. 182), must surely be either P. speciosus or possibly P. 
Solaris, though I doubt if the latter be there met with. In the 
India Museum are fine specimens of P. flammeus from Southern 
India, and others from Asam illustrative of P. elegans (McClel¬ 
land, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 156); but I am quite unable to distin¬ 
guish them [cf. J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 279). 
273. Pericrocotus brevirostris. 
I doubt if this bird ever visits “ Lower Bengal 99 as Dr. 
Jerdon, probably by a slip of the pen, asserts*. 
278. Dicrurus macrocercus. 
Obtained by the late M. Mouhot in Cambogia. 
284. Edolius paradiseus. 
The races of this bird are most difficult to understand, as 
they seem to pass into each other, so that E. malabaricus can 
barely be distinguished. I have before noticed the extraordinary 
mocking-powers of the Bhimrdj (Ibis, 1860, p. 99). A good 
one would be a very attractive object in the Zoological Gardens. 
For E. rangoonensis (p. 438) read E. viridescens. 
286. Chibia hottentota. 
Obtained in Cambogia by Mouhot. A living example was 
lately in the Zoological Gardens. I never before saw it in con¬ 
finement. 
287. Artamus puscus. 
Specimens from Macao are noticed in the Ornithological 
Report accompanying the narrative of Commodore Perry's 
* Pericrocotus is one of the genera characteristic of the Indian region. 
The Malayan species are: P. xanthogaster, Raffles ($ Ixus flammeus, 
Teinminck, PI. Col. 263), of the Malayan Peninsula and Sumatra; P. 
miniatus, Temm. (PI. Col. 156), of Western Java; P. exul, Wallace, of 
Eastern Java and Lombok; andP. ardens, Boief P.igneus, Blyth, and P. 
minutus, Strickland (Contrib. Orn. pi. 31), of Malacca and Sumatra. P. 
flagrans, Boie, of the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo, is a 
richly coloured P. peregrinus. P. cinereus of South China and the 
Philippines has also been received from Pinang, and should therefore 
inhabit the more eastern Indo-Chinese countries. 
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