BIRDS OF THE BUAMO DISTRICT. 1'23 



• (355 d.') Urocichla sinlumi^nsis, Harington. 

 Ann. and Mag. of N. History, 8jpt. 19UH. 



Ailuk-male.—V!.Vi?,\\y di^tin.fruishable from U. replata (Bingham) and the 

 above species (?7. kaurien>iiii) by having the chin and throat mostly white slightly 

 mottled with brownish ; the feathers of chest, sides of the breast, and flanks 

 of a more olive colour, conspicuously spotted with white and tipped with black. 



Total length about 4-1 : cnlmen 0*45 ; wing I '9 ; tail 1"9 ; tarsus 0*75. 



Iris i-eddish-brown ; bill blaclc ; legs brownish. 



//a6.— Sinlum-kaba, Bhamo District, Upper Burma. 



Fairly plentiful in the derse undergrowth near water, and has a very notice- 

 able loud song, which may often be heard during April and May. 1 did not 

 procui'e as many specimens as I might have, as I thought the bird was U. reptnta 

 and was always in hopes of finding a nest so refrained from shooting. 

 (357) Pno pyga pusilla, Hodgs. — (Brown Wren.) 



Recorded by Col. Rippou, 



SYLVIIDtE. 



* (372) Tribura luteiventris, Hodgs. —(The Brown Bush -Warbler.) 

 One specimen. I think my bird belongs to this species. It is a very difficult 



bird to watch and to collect, as it keeps to belts of thick grass and rushes. Has 

 a very grasshopper-like note. I spent days trying to find a nest in a small 

 patch of grass mhabited by two or three pairs of birds. I however found 

 one nest building, putting up both birds from the same tuft of grass, it was 

 loose dome-shaped one made entirely of grass. I had a similar nest and three 

 eggs brought me by a Kachin, the eggs are like those of T. ilioracica. in the 

 Museum, being white and speckled all over with minute red and purple spots, 



(373) Tribdra mandellii, (Brooks.) — (Mandelli's Bush- Warbler.) 

 Recorded by pol. Rippon. 



(374) Orthotomds sutorius, (Forst.) — (The Indian Tailor-Bird.) 

 Common round Bhamo, a great number nesting in the Fort ; have seen nests 



in trees at about 15 feet from the ground. 



(382) Franklinia gracilis, (Frankl.)— (Franklin's Wren- Warbler.) 

 Recorded by Salvadori. 



(3i9) Megalurus PALUSTRis, (Horsf.)— (The Striated Marsh -Warbler.) 

 Common in the rushes outside the Fort. 



(404) Hkrbivocola schwarzi, (lladde.) — (Radde's Bush -Warbler.) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon, 



(410) Phylloscopus fuscatus, (Blyth.)-(The Dusky Willow-Warbler.) 

 Recorded by Col. Hippon. 



* (410a) Phylloscopus armandii, (Milne-Edws.)— (Armando Willow- 

 Warbler.) 

 Plentiful, my specimens were kindly identified for me by Dr. E. Hartert, 

 Dressers Palaeartic Birds, p. 126. 



" Differs from L. fmcata in having the bill stouter, the throat and belly 

 greenish-white, and the feet more slender, the first primary 0'7, second equal 

 to, or a trifle shorter than the 8th." 



My birds were kindly identified for me by Dr. Hartert. 



