BIRDS OF TUE BHAMO DISTRICT. 109 



two Koel's eggs. I have previously taken the Koel's eggs from a Magpie's 

 nest in the Shan States, where Magpies are extremely com.mon, I saw several 

 other Magpies' nests and got their eggs, 



(12) Urocissa occipitalis, Blyth. — (The Red-billed Blue Magpie.) 

 Well distributed in suitable jungle, both in the hills and plains. 



(14) CtssA CHiNENSis, (Bodd).— (The Grreen Magpie.) 

 Saw several on the lower slopes of the Hills, accompanying flocks of 

 Laughing Thrushes, 



Nestinfj. — On the 25th April I was very fortunate in getting a fine clutch of 

 seven eggs in a valley below Sinlum. The nest was placed iu a very tall thin 

 sapling, so that the only way of getting it was by cutting the tree down in 

 sections, so telescoping it until the nest could be reached. As the eggs are 

 all exactly similar I think they must have been laid by the same bird. 

 (16) Dendrocitta rupa, (S^op.) — (rhe Indian Tree-Pie.) 

 Common in the plains round Bhamo. 



'"'(18) Dendrocitta himalayensis, Blyth.— (The Himalayan Tree-Pie.) 

 Well distributed in the Hills. 



*(25) Garrulus LEUCyriR. Hume.— (The Burmese Jay.) 

 One specimen, procured in oak forest at M'ba Kha, south of Maiput. This 

 bird probably extends into China. 



PARING. 



(31) Parus atrioeps, Horsf. — (The Indian Grey Tit.) 



Recorded by Gates in '' The Fauna of India." Probably found in the 

 plains round Bhamo. 



"(32 i) Pakus commixtus, Svvinhoe. — ( The Chinese Grey Tit.) 



Hartert Die Vog. Pal. Fauna, page 346. 



Kachln name. — Bainum numkha. 



{Trans.) — " Like P. minor but m.uch smaller. Wing only about G£ — 70 m.m. 

 The olivo green of the back more extended, and the edge of the wings duller, 

 being a dirty cream or brownish grey colour. 



South Ch'na to Upper Burma and East Tenasserim, etc." 



All my sp3nmens collested at Sinlum are nearest to this species in having 

 a green back, and the white on their tails like P, alriceps, and I thiiik 

 therefore should be called P, commixlus. 



Nis'-inj. — I found three nests on the 22nd, 25th and 28th April. AH were 

 placad in holes in the side of the cutting along the road below Sinlum. The 

 nests were composed of moss lined with feathers and fur, and contained four, 

 five and four eggs. In the beginning of May I saw several parties of young 

 birds about. 



^'JO^- — Of the usual tit type, being white, and rather boldly s;:otted with 

 rusty red. 



Meamring.—KvQxvigQ of six eggs -66 x '52 ; largest— -67 x '53, smallest- 

 •64X-53. 



