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Burma and tlio rule in Ci'j'lon ami peninsular India, wlioroas })rnc(lin<;; males are 

 rarely (as yet recorded) found in Ceylon and peninsular India in /. tijphia i)luma,tcc, 

 is one that cannot be disposed of or accounted for by a mere dofjniatio assertion that 

 all belong to one species. Cf. Captain Cock (Hume, Xests and Eggs, p. 297)." 



IREiXINJ':. 

 I have followed Jcrdon in ranking the "fairy Blue-birds" next to the Orlohs, 

 in place of next to the ' Drongos,' where Gray placed them, from peculiarities of tlic 

 bill. 'I'hcy are liowover frugivorous, and tlieir rich glistening blue colour aud their 

 full ricli notes point to their closer relationship with Phijllurnis aud Oriolus. 



IliT.y\ PUELLA, Lath. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andamans. 



/. indica, Hay. 



ORIOLIX.T.. 



OuioLUs Ixniccs, Jcrdon. Arakan. I'egu. Tenasserim. 



0. mdicits, BrissoE {parlim). 



0. chinennin, L. apud Hume, S.F. iii. p. 132. 



0. diffusus, Shaii)e (see S.F. sup. at.). 



O. MACuouurs, Blyth. Andamans. 



0. TKxuiKosTius, Blyth. Arakan. Pegu. Karen-ui. lEartabau. 



Tenasserim. 

 O. jiKi.ANOCEPnALus, L. Arakan. I'egu. Karon-ni. Martabau. 



Tenasserim. Andamans. 

 O. Xaxthonotis, Horsf. Southern Tenasserim. 



A rare straggler from tlie Malayan Peninsula. 



0. Trailli, Vig. Assam. Arakan. Tenasserim. 



Head, neck and wings black, the rest of the plumage red. 



0. AndaMjVNENsis, Tytler. Andamans. 



The next family is tliat of the Warblers, comprising a number of small birds 

 ■wliich are inaiuly iusectivorous, a few only feeding on fruit. 



Family Sylviidse. 



This family is divided by Jcrdon into seven groujis : SaxicoJina, Stone-chats and 

 "WTieatears ; RuticiUinm, Redstarts and Bush-chats; CalamvherpirKc, Grass warblers; 

 Dri/i/ioiriiKe, Wren warblers ; Phylloscoijuia, Tree warblers ; Si/Iciuxe, Grey warblers ; 

 ami MulacilUncE, Wagtails and Pipits. 



SAXICOLIN.^. 

 The Sa.vicolln(e are solitai-y birds, with pied plumage, and some of them have an 

 extremely tine song. They arc very pugnacious, and nestle in holes of banks, trees 

 or Imildings, and lay four pale-bluish eggs with some dark spots. 



Coi'sYCHCS SAULAKis, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



The Dayal of India so often caged both for its song and its fighting propensities. 

 The Andaman race, Hume says, is intermediate between .^aiduris and Mindanensis. 



C. siusicus, Raffles. Southern Tenasserim. 



CEKCoiRiCHns MACKURA, Gmcl. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



This fine songster, the Shama of India, may be termed the Burmese nightingale, 

 keeping up its song as it does, long after dark. 



C. Ai.mvEXTUis, Blyth. Andamans. 



MvioiiEi.A LEucuHA, Hodg. Moolcyit, above 3500 feet. 



PuATixeoLA CAPiiATA, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim north of Tavoy. 



P. Indica, Blyth. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andamans. 



