3G2 ni'jn/A, ITS rEOPLE AXD PEODUCT/OXS. 



lilyth (Ic'Sfrilics this species as extremely fearless and familiar. 



rKioxocHn.us PEECussus, Tem. Southern Tcnasserim. 



Feeds mainly on small bciries, and the Loranthus (Davison). 



P. MAcrLATUs, Tem. Tcnasserim south of Mcrgui. 



P. MODKsrrs, Hume. Tenasserim south of Mergui. 



Myzanthe iGxiPECTis, Ilodg. Karcn-ui at -lOOO feet and JJooleyit. 



Family Certhiidae. 



The Creeper.? arc di^-id(d into two subfamilies, the Certhiinm -with the hill 

 curved and the tail feathers stiff, and used to assist the birds in climbing; trees, etc., 

 and Sittina with straight bills, and which do not use the tail as an aid in climbing. 



CEllTIIIIXiE (Creepers). 

 Ceethia discoloe, Blyth. Karen-ni, at 5000 feet. 



Nearly allied to the common European creeper, C. faniiliuris, but has a longer tail. 



SITTINiE (Xut-hatches). 

 SiTTA MAGNA, Eamsay. Karen-ni. 



The type was a. female, not a male, as originally stated (S.F. vi. p. 201). 

 S. NEGLECTA, Waldcu. Toung-ugoo. Kareii-ni. Pegu Hills. 



Specimens from Thayctmyo, shot by Oates, are described by Hume as inter- 

 mediate in size, between ca.sfaneoientrin and cirnuniwmeoventris, l)ut referred to negleda. 

 Oates describes his birds as common on the hills, but replaced in the plains by the 

 nest species. 



DENDEorniLA rnoNTALis, Horsf. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Ceylon. 



-D. vorallina, Gray. Java. Borneo. 



Neither Hume nor Waldcn admit the attempts of Gray to separate corallina of 

 Pegu from frontalis of liurma. It would be curious to know what Dr. Gray really 

 understood, or supposed that lie understood by these geographical expressions. 



These bii'ds are described by Davison as very active and rapidly uttering their 

 cry of Chick-chick-chiclc the while. The)- never descend a tree, as woodpeckers some- 

 times do, backwards or tail first, but always head first. 



Sub-order DENTIROSTBES. 



liill slenderly conical, the beak notched at the end. Food chiefly insects. 

 Jerdon divides the thrush-like birds of this group into Myivthen'ntv, or ground- 

 thrushes, MeruUna, or true thrushes, and Timaliimc, or babbling thrushes. 



MTIOTHERIXiE. 



Family Troglodytidse. 



The wrens are not numerous in Burma, and always at about 4000 or more. 



Pnoeptga saiTAMATA, Gould. Karcn-ui at 4000 feet. 



P. pusiLLA, Hodg. Mooleyit. 



TuEDiNUics Boherti, God.-Aust. Mooleyit, above 5000 feet. 



Beachypteeyx Nipalensis, Hodg. Mooleyit, above 5000 feet. 



B. CRUSALis, Blyth. Karen-ni at 5000. 



B. Diana, Less. Pegu. 



MrropnoNEUs Temminckii, Vigors. Pegu. 



M. EuGENEi, Hume. Pegu. Toung-ngoo. Pahpoon. 



One of these species occurs in Karen-ni, though, as Lord "Walden unites both species, 

 it cannot be said which it is. Davison is strongly of opinion the two are distinct, 

 and can be distinguished in the jungle by the colour of the bill alone (S.F. vi. p. 237). 



