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Piers !^^\CKI, Yiiill. Arukan. Pogn. Karcn-ni, at 3000. 



Blyth records this liinl fnun 'rrna-;serini, perhaps using the t(n'iu va,^uely, but 

 Hume says it does not occur south ot Kareu-ui. 



P. ATUATUs, Bl)-th. llartabaii. I\aren-ni. Tenasseriui, 



between 3000 and 4000. 

 P. ANALis, Ilorsf. Touug-ngoo. Karcn-ni. Java. 



F. pectoralis, IJlyth (monento auet.). 

 !Xot hitlierto recorded I'rom Tenasserim. 



P. AxDAMAXENSis, lilytli. Audanians. 



P. Mahiuttensis, Lath. Toung-ngoo. 



Birds from Ceylon and Pegu have more wlutc about them than tliose of Conti- 

 nental India. 



YuNGiPicus CANiCAPiLLUs, Blyth. Khasi Hills. Arakan. Pegu. 



Tenasserim, up to 6000. 

 Gauropicoides Rafflesii, Vig. Tenasserim. 



A rare bird, confined to the evergreen forests at the bases of the Southern and 

 Central portions of the outer ranges of hills. 



YrviA INNOMINATA, Burtou. Karen-ni and Tenasserim. 



Family Yungidae. 

 Yrxx TORQiTLLA, L. Arakan. Pegu. Touug-ngoo. 



Order YOLITORES. 



Bills various, with mostly a wide gape. No cere. Legs small and weak. 

 Wings strong, the whole order moving soli ly by flight. This order embraces the 

 King fishers, Hornbills, Barbels, Swifts, Swallows, Bee-eaters, Hoopoes, Goatsuckers, 

 Trogons, and Humming-birds. 



Family Megalaimidse. 



The ' Barbets ' are nearly related to the 'Toucans of South America, the clavicles 

 being imperfect as iu that fanujy, and the feathers possessing the same supplementary 

 plume. Their colours are green and bright, and are strikingly similar to that of the 

 leaves of the trees they frequent. They are mainly if not wholly frugivorous, and 

 nestle in holes of trees, laying white eggs. Their beaks are strong, and furnished at 

 the base, or gape, with stiff bristles projecting forwards. Their voice is loud and their 

 monotonous cries repeated without ceasing from some tree-top are among the most 

 familiar sounds in our Indian forest -clad valleys. 



Megalaima Kamsayi, Wald., S.F. iii. p. 402. Karcn-ni. Tenasserim. 

 M. Franldini, Blyth, apud Tiekell. 



According to Col. Tiekell, this species " swarms from 3000 to 5000 feet elevation, 

 not higher, nor lower, and from the first level it suddenly supplants M. Ilodysoni." 



M. Feanklini, Blyth. Khasi Hills. 



Hume considers this species to be replaced in Burma by the last. 



M. CTAXOTis, llarshall (S.F. iii. p. 77). Khasi Hills. Arakan. Karen-ni. 



Pegu. Tenasserim. 

 M. MYsTACornANrs, Tem. Tenasserim. Hare in the Iv^'orth. 



The note of this bird is Tok-tok-tok uttered incessantly. It is more often heard 

 than seen, as it frefjuents the tops of high trees, or else densely foliated ones. It is 

 fond of clinging to the trunks of trees and tapping away like a woodpecker. 



