3G0 BURMA, IT.s PEOPLE AXD PIloBrCTIO.XS. 



Pn.EMCOPUAIX.E. 

 This ilirision of tlie Ciu-koos embraces those non-parasitic species •n-liich Tmihl 

 their own nests and lay white efigs. These nests are of sticks, domed, lined with 

 leaves and concealed iu dense bushes. The eggs are usually four in number, and 

 blunt ovals. 



Pn.T.MCorHAus TRisTis, Lcss. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Siam. Slulacca. 



"Wa-phalae. 



" The flight of this species is weak, and it relies more for its safety on the dense 

 and impenetrable character of the places it prefers to frequent. It has a marvellous 

 capacity for making its way through dense cover. Its note is a peculiar cat-like 

 chuckle, often heard when the bird is threading its way through dense cover " 

 (Davison, S.F. vi. p. 163). 



P. SuilATiuxus, Eaffl. Tenasserim south of Mcrgui. 



This species is common at Mtrgui. Its note and habits are precisely the same 

 as P. tristis. 



P. DiAEDi, Less. Tenasserim south of Mergui. 



This species ranges as far north as Mergui, where it is replaced by the next. 

 Hume makes representative s])ecies of each other north and south of ilcrgui, but 

 Elyth makes both species co-exist at Piuaug and Malacca. 



P. Javai«iciis, Horsf. Tenasserim. 



A rare species. 



P. EKYTHEOGNATHUS, Hartl. Teuasscrim south of the Ye I'dver. 



Sumatra. Borneo. 

 EniNOETHA CHLOEOPii^A, Eaffl. Southcm Tenasserim. 



In its habits this species, says Davison, resembles Fhmnicopltam, but has quite 

 a difPcrcnt note, a peculiar cat-like mew, not the chuckle of the others. Adult mules 

 have the head rufous and blaok-bandod tails, and adult females grey heads and 

 chestnut tails (S.F. vi. p. 167). 



Cenieopus Bengaleusis, Gmel. Pegu. 



B5k. 



Gates says that both males and fomali's call, as he shot a female in the act of 

 calling. Its note Mr. Dates describes as ' Hoop-hooj)-hoop-kurrook-kurrook-kurrook,' 

 the first note being repeated three times, the last some six or seven (S.F. iii. p. 84). 



C. iNTEEMEDrus, Humc. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



C. rtifipennis, lUiger (part). 



This Burman race has been separated by Hume from that inhabiting Southern 

 India, in which Lord Walden concurs. 



C. Andamanensis, Tytler. Andamans. 



C. EUETCEECTTS, A. Hay. Tenasserim. 



Lord Walden remarks: — "Introduced by Mr. Hume in his list of liirds of the 

 Tenasserim provinces (S.F. ii. p. 473), but without the e.xact locality being stated. 

 Two distinct species seem to bo included by him under the title. Tlic smaller may 

 possibly be C. recttmguis." 



Order PASSEEES. 



Bills various, but never arched from the base. Tongue not fleshy. No cere. 

 Toes three in front, one behind. Feet sti-ong, perching. Females snudler than the 

 males and less highly coloured. Nests often elaborate. Young hatched naked and 

 blind.^ This order embraces all the Song birds, the ' Sun birds' {Xcctaiiiiidic), which 

 in Asia so feebly represent the gorgeous TrochiUdm of the New World, the ('r(!epers, 

 Nut-hatches, Ant-thrushes, Fly-catchers, King-crows, Butcher-birds, Warblers, 



