•3-50 BCRMA, ITS I'lCOI'Li: AXD PRODUCTIOSS. 



^. n.-EMACEPHALA, Miill. Amkan. Teniisserim. Java. 



Xantholama iitdica, Latli. Tho riiilippiuts (Blyth). 



Thcet-pa-dain. 



Davison sa^'s it is universally distributed, but rare in Southern Tenasserim. 



Jerdon remarks of this species, " Lutoous varieties of this species occur occasion- 

 ally, what Mr. I?lyth calls 'lutmos': these are sometimes observed in all normally 

 green birds, as I'arrakeets, and analogous to ordinary albinos. Its "food is fruit. 

 Blyth observed tliat it would munch an insect if oiiVrud, but did not swallow it. 

 Its note is a remarkably loud ' Took-took-took,' uttered with monotonous iteration 

 from the summit of some tree, and the bird moves its head first to one side and then 

 anotlier whilst uttering it." In India it is known as the ' Copper-smith,' and in 

 Burma as the ' Smith,' and among the Karens as the ' Gong-ringer' (Mason). 



M. GRAXDis, Gould. Arakan. Karen-ni. 



If. Marshallorum, Swinhoe. 



This species, if it occurs in Burma, is probably confined to Arakan, being replaced 

 to the South by the next. 



M. viEENs, Bodd. Martaban. 



M. Honcisoxi, Bonap. Khasi Hills. Arakan. 



M. lineata, Marshall. Pegu. Tenasserim. Java (Blyth). 



Pho-goung. 



Davison doubts its occurring much south of Tavoy. 



M. AsiATicA, Lath. Arakan. Pegu. Martaban. 



Koh-kha-Ioung. 



M. Daviso.vi, Hume (S.F. v. p. 108). The Tenasserim ' Yo-mah.' 



M. ixcocNrrA, Hume (S. T. ii. p. 442-446). Tenasserim north of Tavoy. 

 CALOEAMPnus Hayi, Gr. South Tenasserim. 



Davison says its note is a low soft whistle, and that it hunts singly or in pairs 

 about the leaves and branches of trees, peering into every crevice and cranny of the 

 bark, and clinging in all sorts of positions like a Tit (S.F. vi. p. 149). 



Famihj Coraciidse. 



CoRACiAS AFFiNis, MacClelland. Pegu. 



Hnet-kah. 



Of this species Blyth remarks : — Generally diffused, and always typically 

 coloured ; whereas specimens from Tippera, Sylhet, Assam, and Lower Bengal arc 

 mostly crossed more or less with C. indica, showing every gradation from one to the 

 other. Gould's figure assigned to C. affinis in his 'Biids of Asia' represents a 

 hybrid of the kind ; and C. indica also inti'rbi-eeds with C. garruhi in localities where 

 those two races meet. Eastward, the present species extends at least to Siam. 



EuEYSTOMUS ORiENTALis. Arakan. Tenasserim. Malacca. 



Famihj Bucerotidee. 



The Burmese, says Mason, call the larger crested Hornbills young-yen from young 

 the kind of hair worn by men. Tho smaller species are called ouk-kyen (or ou-chin), 

 perhaps from ouk ' to be dark,' ' gruff in countenance.' 



DicHocEROS CAYATUs, Shaw. Forests throughout Burma. 



J?. bicornia, L. 



Young-yen. 



This fine species is said to be excellent eating (S.F. 1877, p. 20), a fact worth 

 knowing when camping out. 



