ON THE BIRDS OF THE CHINDWIN, UPPER BURMA. 79 



couDtry cannot be said to be unhealthy until the commencement of the 

 rainy season early in June. 



I am indebted to Mr. Eugene W. Oates for the following notes on 

 my collection of birds. [A.M.] 



The interesting collection of birds brought home by Major Mears 

 contains 224 species, many common birds were nut collected and are 

 therefore not included in the following list, otherwise the total number 

 would not be far short of 300. 



This list, taken in conjunction with Mr. K. 0. Macdonald's List of the 

 Birds of the Myingyan District, published recently in the Society's 

 Journal, gives a very good idea of the ornithology of Upper Burma. 



The localities where the specimens were collected have been noted by 

 Major Mears on the labels. Many of these, however, are not shewn on 

 any published map of Upper Burma and it has therefore been consider- 

 ed unnecessary to record them. Many of the species are, moreover, of 

 very wide distribution, and there is every reason to think that thev 

 occur over the entire area in suitable localities. When species are local 

 or somewhat rare, those localities where they were obtained are given 

 when they are to be found on the Survey of India Map of Upper 

 Burma on the scale of 16 miles to the inch. 



Six of the species noted in the following list have been recorded from 

 the Indian Empire since the bird volumes of the " Fauna of British 

 India" were published. To these a number cannot be given. With 

 this exception, all the species are referred to by the number and name 

 used in the volumes of the " Fauna." [E. W. 0.] 



12. Urocissa occipitalis. — The Red-billed Blue Magpie. 

 14. Cissa chinensis. — The Green Magpie. 

 16. Dendrocitta rufa. — The Indian Tree-pie. 

 22. Crypsirhina cucullata.— The Hooded Racket tailed Magpie. 

 Mingin, Upper Chindwin, and other localities south of this place. 



— Garrulus oatesi.— The Indo-Chinese Jay. 

 Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. V., p. xliv (1896). Both in the Upper and Lower 

 Chindwin. 



31. Pabus atriceps. — The Indian Grey Tit. 



69. Gabrulax leucolophus. — The Himalayan White-crested Laughing- 

 Thrush. 

 72. Garbulax pectobalis. — The Black-gorgeted Laughing-Thrush. 

 With the tips of the tail-feathers white. 



