432 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XV1I1. 



A FURTHER LIST OF BIRDS FROM THE CHINDWIN, 



UPPER BURMA. 



BY 



CYRIL HOPWOOD, i.f.s. 



I have read with great interest Major Mears' list of birds from the 

 Chindwin. This being my third season in the same locality, I am 

 sending a small list of birds which I have met with, and which I 

 presume were not observed by Major Mears, as I think they are 

 sufficiently uncommon to have been included in his list had he 

 observed them. I also give a fall list of the ducks, as Major Mears 

 did not include any in his paper. 



62. Dryonastes ruficollis. — Rufous-necked Laughing Thrush. A flock 

 in deserced village land near the Myittha river. 



237. Pteruthius erythropterus. — Red-winged Shrike-Tit. A single 

 male, at about 2,500 feet in open jungle. 



357. Pnoepyga pusilla. — The Brown Wren. A single specimen. 



535. Spodiopsar cineraceus. — The Grey Starling. I saw a pair of 

 Starlings, feeding with a flock of Mynas at Kaya, above Kindat, in January. 

 I am not sure whether they were this species, but think it probable. Though 

 quite close, I was unable to shoot one, for fear of spoiling a duck shoot, and 

 I did not see them again. 



554. ^Ethtopsar ablicinctus. — The Collared Myna. Common above 

 Kindat. Capt. Harington has already described the breeding of this bird and 

 JE. grandis in the Journal. 



646. Rhyacornis fuliginosus. — Plumbeous Redstart. Not uncommon 

 along jungle streams. 



705. Zoothera marginata. — Lesser Brown Thrush. One specimen. 



(I also saw a bird exactly like an English Thrush, but could not get a shot 

 at it.) 



1006. Megal^ema marshallorum. — Great Himalayan Barbet. 



1078. Ch^etura indica. — Brown-necked Spine-tail. These birds are 

 often seen playing over a pond in the jungle at about 3,000 feet. 



1096. Lyncornis cerviniceps. — The Great-eared Nightjar. I met with 

 this bird, and got four nests, or rather eggs, in the Mingin forest division. It 

 nests in March and April, and apparently incubates a single egg. 



1246. Lophospizias trivirgatus. — Crested Goshawk. I obtained a 

 specimen last year, and saw another a few days ago. 



1249. Pernis crist atus. — Crested Honey-Buzzard. Obtained «a nest with 

 eggs in April. 



1251. Baza lophote^. — Black-crested Baza. Saw a pair collecting nesting 

 materials at the beginning of April. 



