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plained, and Mr. Hume ought to have given the quotation in 
full. In his account of the complete range of the species 
(t. c. pp. 14, 15) Dr. Einsch correctly excludes Ladakh while 
retaining Cashmere. 
Mr. Hume then favours us with this criticism:— ff Dr. Finsch 
says, that eupatrius never frequents gardens or towns, hut I 
may mention that the last time (November 9th, 1867), I was 
up the minars of the Juma or Badishaiee Musjid at Lahore, a 
huge flock of sivalensis were wheeling and screaming round 
me,” etc. ( t. c. p. 13). Dr. Einsclds statement is nevertheless 
perfectly accurate and in accordance with the recorded obser¬ 
vations of all Indian naturalists (conf. Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1850, 
p. 232, and Ibis, 1863, p. 3; and Jerdon, B. of Ind. i. p. 257). 
Anyhow, could Dr. Einsch possibly know, fully admitting the 
vast importance of the fact (only published in 1874), that 
Mr. Hume {< the last time ” he “ was up the minars of the 
Juma or Badishaiee Musjid at Lahore,” namely the 9th of 
November, 1867, had made this valuable observation? And 
had he known, could Dr. Einsch have stated it without risking 
the imputation of “ pooh-poohing contemptuously the re¬ 
corded experience of men like Jerdon and Blyth” (t. c. 
p. 2) ? With a due feeling of awe, and under correction, I 
venture to surmise that, after all, the huge flock noticed by 
Mr. Hume when he last “ was up the minars of the Juma,” 
etc., was one of P. torquatus. 
“ Let us now turn to (4) torquatus ” [Palceornis torquatus 
(Boddaert)], “ and first hear what our learned Dr. has to say ” 
(t. c. p. 13); and Mr. Hume transcribes the passage wherein 
Dr. Einsch endeavours to substantiate his theory that the sexes 
in the adult birds wear a similar dress. Dr. Einsch’s reasoning 
is not convincing; but the argument is conducted with perfect 
propriety, and his data, such as they are, placed fully before 
the reader. But Mr. Hume, by means of a mistranslation of 
a German word used by Dr. Finsch, tries to fasten on him the 
charge of speaking slightingly of Indian naturalists. “ Dieser 
betrifft namlich die angeblich grime Earbung des $, wie sie 
von Blyth, Layard und Jerdon angegeben wird ” (Papag. ii. 
p. 25). This sentence has been separately submitted to two 
