Catalogue of mammals and birds of Burma / by the late E. Blyth ; with a memoir, and portrait of the author.

  • Edward Blyth
Date:
1875
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Credit: Catalogue of mammals and birds of Burma / by the late E. Blyth ; with a memoir, and portrait of the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    549. Sarciophortjs bilobus (J. 856). Thayet-Myo. [Boddacrt’s specific title, malabaricus, has priority, as a glance at PL Enl. 880 will show.] *550. Hoflofterits ventralis (J. 857). Common along the banks of rivers. Mr. Swinhoc met with it in Hainan [Tonghoo, Karen nee (TV. it.).] *551. Sqtjatarola Helvetica (J. 844). Arakan. [Tonghoo (TV. it.).] *552. Charadrius fulvus (J. 845). Common in the cold season. [Thayet Myo, Tonghoo (TV. i?.).] 553. LEgtatjtes placida. JEgialites placidus, G. E. Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. 2nd ed. p. 70, 1863 ; A. kartingi, Swinboe; Eudromias tenuirostris, A. 0. Hume, probably Charadrius longipes, apud David, N. Arch, de Mus. 1867, p. 38. A specimen of this bird was believed by Dr. Jerdon to have been pro¬ cured by him in Burma, but he was not sure whether he obtained it on the coast or inland. *554. JE. mongolica (J. 847). Common in the cold season. *555. JE. dubia (J. 849). Charadrius dubius, Scopoli, Del. FI. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 92. Smaller than the European JE. curonicus, but otherwise similar, and of common occurrence.* \_JE. philippensis, apud Jerd., No. 849, and which is the number in Mr. Blytb’s MS., is= C. curonicus, Gm. But perhaps the species actually in¬ tended by Mr. Blyth is JE. minuta (Pallas), apud Jerdon, No. 850, and of which Lieutenant W. Kamsay obtained specimens at Tonghoo. The title C. philippensis, Lath., was founded on the same plate as that of C. dubius, Scopoli. Until the species which inhabits the island of Luzon has been studied, the correct titles for the two species cannot be determined. The synonymy is very simple, but the correct application of the various titles cannot be made until the Philippine type has been compared.] * For notice of 2E.philippensis, commonly referred to the same, vide Ibis for 1867, p. 164.