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to deal with it as I thought best, and I have to thank
him for reposing this confidence in me. Left thus to my own devices, I
have considered it expedient to conform in all respects to the
arrangement of my work on the Birds, which I am writing, side by side,
with this work. The classification I have elaborated for my purpose is
totally different to that employed by Jerdon and familiar to Indian
ornithologists; but a departure from Jerdon's arrangement was merely a
question of time, and no better opportunity than the present for
readjusting the classification of Indian birds appeared likely to present
itself. I have therefore adopted a new system, which I have fully set
forth in my other work.
I take this opportunity to present the readers of Mr. Hume's work with
portraits of Mr. Hume himself, of Mr. Brian Hodgson, the late Dr.

Jerdon, and the late Colonel Tickell.
EUGENE W. OATES.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Order PASSERES.
Family CORVIDAE.
Subfamily CORVINAE.
1. Corvus corax, _Linn._ 3. ---- corone, _Linn._ 4. ---- macrorhynchus,
Wagler 7. ---- splendens, Vieill 8. ---- insulens, _Hume._ 9. ----
monedula, _Linn._ 10. Pica rustica (_Scop._) 12. Urocissa occipitalis
(_Bl._) 13. ---- flaviostris (_Bl._) 14. Cissa chinensis (_Bodd._) 15. ----
ornata (_Wagler_) 16. Dendrocitta rufa (_Scop._) 17. ---- leucogastra,
Gould 18. ---- himalayensis, _Bl._ 21. Crypsirhina varians (_Lath._) 23.
Platysmurus leucopterus (_Temm._) 24. Garrulous lanceolatus, Vigors
25. ---- leucotis, Hume 26. ---- bispecularis, Vigors 27. Nucifraga
hemispila, Vigors 29. Graculus eremita (_Linn._)
Subfamily PARINAE.
31. Parus atriceps, _Horsf._ 34. ---- monticola, Vigors 35.
Aegithaliscus erythrocephalus _Vig._ 41. Machlolophus spilonotus
(_Bl._) 42. ---- xanthogenys _Vig._ 43. ---- haplonotus (_Bl._) 44.
Lophophanes melanolophus _Vig._ 47. ---- rufinuchalis (_Bl._)
Subfamily PARADOXORNITHINAE.
50. Conostoma aemodium, _Hodgs._ 60. Sea orhynchus ruticeps (_Bl._)
61. ---- gularis _Horsf._
Family CRATEROPODIDAE.
Subfamily CRATEROPODINAE.
62. Dryonastes ruticollis (J.S.S.) 65. ---- caerulatus (_Hodgs._) 69.
Garrulax leucolophus (_Hardw._) 70. ---- belangeri, Lesson 72. ----
pectoralis (_Gould_) 73. ---- moniliger (_Hodgs._) 76. ---- albigularis
Gould 78. Ianthocincla ocellata (_Vig._) 80. ---- rutigularis, Gould 82.
Trochalopterum erythrocephalum (_Vig._) 83. ---- nigrimentum,
_Hodgs._ 87. ---- phaeniceum (_Gould_) 88. ---- subunicolor,
_Hodgs._ 90. ---- variegatum (_Vig._) 91. ---- simile, Hume 92. ----
squamatum (_Gould_) 93. ---- cachinnans (_Jerd._) 96. ---- fairbanki,
_Blanf._ 99. ---- lineatum (_Vig._) 101. Grammatoptila striata (_Vig._)
104. Argya earlii (_Bl._) 105. ---- caudata (_Duméril_) 107. ----
malcolmi (_Sykes_) 108. ---- subrufa (_Jerd._) 110. Crateropus canorus

(_Linn._) 111. ---- griseus (_Gmel._) 112. Crateropus striatus
(_Swains._) 113. ---- somervillii (_Sykes_) 114. ---- rufescens (_Bl._)
115. ---- cinereifrons (_Bl._) 116. Pomatorhinus schisticeps, _Hodgs._
118. ---- olivaceus, _Bl._ 119. ---- melanurus, _Bl._ 120. ---- horsfieldii,
Sykes 122. ---- ferruginosus, _Bl._ 125. ---- ruficollis, _Hodgs._ 129.
---- erythrogenys, _Vig._ 133. Xiphorhamphus superciliaris (_Blyth_)
Subfamily TIMELIINAE.
134. Timelia pileata, Horsf 135. Dumetia hyperythra (_Frankl._) 136.
---- albigularis (_Bl._) 139. Pyctorhis sinensis (_Gm._) 140. ---- nasalis,
Legge 142. Pellorneum mandellii, _Blanf._ 144. ---- ruficeps, Swains
145. ---- subochraceum, Swinh 147. ---- fuscicapillum (_Bl._) 149.
Drymocataphus nigricapitatus (_Eyton_) 151. ---- tickelli (_Bl._) 160.
---- abbotti (_Bl._) 163. Alcippe nepalensis (_Hodgs._) 164. ----
phaeocephala (_Jerd._) 165. ---- phayrii, _Bl._ 166. Rhopocichla
atriceps (_Jerd._) 167. ---- nigrifrons (_Bl._) 169. Stachyrhis nigriceps,
Hodgs 170.---- chrysaea, _Hodgs._ 172. Stachyrhidopsis ruficeps(_Bl._)
174. ---- pyrrhops (_Hodgs._) 175. Cyanoderma erythropterum (_Bl._)
176. Mixornis rubricapillus (_Tick._) 177. ---- gularis (_Raffl._) 178.
Schoeniparus dubius (_Hume_) 182. Sittiparus castaneiceps (_Hodgs._)
183. Proparus vinipectus (_Hodgs._) 184. Lioparus chrysaeus
(_Hodgs._)
Subfamily BRACHYPTERYGINAE.
187. Myiophoneus temmincki, _Vig._ 188. ---- eugenii, _Hume._ 189.
---- horsfieldi, Vig 191. Larvivora brunnea, Hodgs 193. Brachypteryx
albiventris (_Fairbank_) 194. ---- rufiventris (_Bl._) 197. Drymochares
cruralis (_Bl._) 198. ---- nepalensis (_Hodgs._) 200. Elaphrornis
palliseri (_Bl._) 201. Tesia cyaniventris, _Hodgs._ 203. Oligura
castaneicoronata (_Burt._)
Subfamily SIBIINAE.
203. Sibia picaoides, _Hodgs._ 204. Lioptila capistrata (_Vig._) 205.
---- gracilis (_McClell._) 206. ---- melanoleuca (_Bl._) 211. Actinodura
egertoni, Gould 213. Ixops nepalensis (_Hodgs._) 219. Siva strigula,
_Hodgs._ 221. ---- cyanuroptera, _Hodgs._ 223. Yuhina gularis,
_Hodgs._ 225. ---- nigrimentum (_Hodgs._) 226. Zosterops palpebrosa
(_Temm._) 229. ---- ceylonensis, Holdsworth 231. Ixulus occipitalis,
(_Bl._) 232.---- flavicollis (_Hodgs._)
Subfamily LIOTRICHINAE.

235. Liothrix lutea (_Scop._) 237. Pteruthius erythropterus (_Vig._)
239. ---- melanotis, _Hodgs._ 243. Aegithina tiphia (_Linn._) 246.
Myzornis pyrrhura, _Hodgs._ 252. Chloropsis jerdoni (_Bl._) 254.
Irena puella (_Lath._) 257. Mesia argentauris, _Hodgs._ 258. Minla
igneitincta, _Hodgs._ 260. Cephalopyrus flammiceps (_Burt._) 261.
Psaroglossa spiloptera (_vig._)
Subfamily BRACHYPODINAE.
263. Criniger flaveolus (_Gould_) 269. Hypsipetes psaroides, _Vig._
271. ---- ganeesa, Sykes 275. Hemixus macclellandi (_Horsf._) 277.
Alcurus striatus (_Bl._) 278. Molpastes haemorrhous (_Gm._) 279. ----
burmanicus (_Sharpe_) 281. ---- atricapillus (_Vieill._) 282. ----
bengalensis (_Bl._) 283. ---- intermedius (_A. Hay_) 284. ----
leucogenys (_Gr._) 285. ---- lencotis (_Gould_). 288. Otocompsa
emeria (_Linn._) 289. ---- fuscicaudata, Gould 290. ---- flaviventris
(_Tick._) 292. Spizixus canifrons, _Bl._ 295. Iole icterica (_Strickl._)
299. Pycnonotus finlaysoni, _Strickl._ 300. ---- davisoni (_Hume_) 301.
---- melanicterus (_Gm._) 305. ---- luteolus