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Show 544 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON BIRDS FROM TENASSERIM. [NOV. 22, by a more trenchant line. In the Tenasserim specimens the rufous dies away into the yellow ; in them also the bill is decidedly longer, while in all the other dimensions they are inferior to the Sumatran bird. Brown figured and described this species, in his 'Illustrations,' from a specimen said to have been from the "East Indies." Gmelin, in error, gave Ceylon as its habitat, although he founded his M. singalensis on Brown's description and plate. Latham fell into the same mistake ; and hence in all the authors we find Ceylon recorded as the native country of Gmelin's species. Temminck, fully aware that Gmelin had previously described it, gave it another name; and Mr. Blyth, in 1843, unconscious that it had been previously named, gave it as a new name the one already used by Temminck. Mr. Blyth was the first author who referred the species to Swainson's genus Anthreptes, instituted for the reception of Certhia malaccensis, 8coTp-=Nectariniajavanica, Horsf., and chiefly characterized by the stouter and straighter bill-with which species it appears to me to be closely allied. Dr. Cabanis has, in the ' Museum Heineanum,' separated it from Anthreptes, and made it the type of a new genus, Chalcoparia. Tippera is the most northern region from which this species has hitherto been recorded. It is unknown in India to the westward of that country ; and we possess no authentic record of its occurrence in Ceylon. Motley and Dillwyn state that this species occurs in Labuan; but specimens have to be compared. 13. DICEUM CRUENTATUM, (Linn.). Certhia cruentata, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1766, p. 187. Certhia eoccinea, Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insub. 1786, pars 2. p. 91. n. 63. Nos. 56, 58, 66, 78, di 49, 57, 69, 2 • Moulmein. " 2 • Bill and legs dark leaden ; irides dark brown. Some black hairs on the head mixed with the scarlet feathers. Has the usual habits of the genus, frequenting high trees in flower. A n especial favourite is a Cathartocarpus (Cassia florida, Vahl) when in flower. The call is a shrill piping, something like the ticking of a loud watch, but of course not regular, and more quickly repeated. It occasionally descends to flowering shrubs in the gardens. Tolerably common about Moulmein, but very difficult to procure, as it is almost impossible to see it amongst thick foliage without the aid of glasses. The note described above is generally uttered when starting in flight; another note when at rest may be syllabized tee-tee-tee." Dr. Jerdon gives Scopoli's title the precedence ; but that of Linnaeus, founded on Brisson's description of Edwards's plate, is senior. Sonnerat's species, Scopoli's tvpe, was said by that traveller to be from China. By Mr. Blyth (J. A. S. B. 1845, p. 558, in note) the Indian species is said to be common at Malacca. Specimens from that peninsula that I have seen slightly differ, by being smaller, having a shorter bill, and by the black portion of the plumage being deep blue (rather than deep green) black; the red plumage is also |