Notes and Corrections. 
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the plumage was otherwise perfect. Hodgson may have drawn 
from this variety. 
Mr. Dresser appears to have followed Mr. Gould in a mis¬ 
application of the term M. citreoloides. 
Anthus pratensis (i anted , p. 179). 
Here Dr. SevertzofF gives particulars of varieties. Pipits, 
though differing but little in form and plumage, have very 
different voices and songs; but on these points Dr. SevertzofF 
does not inform us. When Pipits are thoroughly understood, 
in life as well as in the skin, “ intermediate forms 99 disappear. 
I would not, however, say the same of the Skylarks, in which 
genus it is very difficult to determine which are good species 
and which are not. 
Pratincola rubicola {anted, p. 215). 
The Asiatic form of the Stonechat is not P. rubicola. Mr. 
Swinhoe's distinction is infallible, and the plain unstriated 
upper tail-coverts of the Asiatic bird always serve to di¬ 
stinguish it. 
Phylloscopus trochilus {anted, p. 216). 
I have examined the doubtful species here mentioned. The 
wing is rather different from usual, and the voice may also 
have been abnormal; but it so strongly resembles P. trochilus 
that I would not separate it unless others of the same kind 
were examined. 
Phylloscopus tristis {anted, p. 217). 
I have seen skins from Ladak bearing a date which showed 
the bird was at its breeding-quarters; and I drew the same 
conclusion that I did when I saw July examples of Reguloides 
superciliosus amongst Dr. Jerdon^s birds. The locality of a 
July Phylloscopus skin gives the breeding-place. 
Phylloscopus neglectus {anted, p. 218). 
This bird cannot yet be added to the European list. Mr. 
Seebohm’s bird is an undercoloured example of P. tristis; 
and I showed him the specimen referred to in f The Ibis/ 
1869, p. 236. Anthus rosaceus is also sometimes deficient in 
coloration as regards the yellow axillaries. 
