382 BL-RMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



This s])ccics atfpots the nKiritimc region, and is especially fond of Jfaiii/rore and 

 iVi/)a swamps (Davison). 



The ' fautails ' arc active little birds ever ou the move, from branch to branch, 

 snapping up small insects, and rapidly opening and closing the tail, like a fan, and 

 trailing the -wings. They make a neat cup-shaped nest in a fork of bamboo, and 

 lay white eggs, spotted with reddish-brown. 



CHti.iDOunTXX HYroxANTn.!, lilyth. Kipal. Sikkinr. Toung-ngoo. 



CuLicicATA Ceylonexsis, Swaius. Pegu. Teuasscrim. 



Cryptolopha cinereocapilla, Vieill. 



UVSCICAVISJE. 

 The birds of this division show a tendency towards the Saxicolinit;, in the spotted 

 plumage of their young, but their habits are more those of Flycatchers than Sione- 

 chats, who rarely capture insects except on the ground. 



Hemichelidon sebiricus, Gmcl. Arakan. Pegu. Tcnassorim. 



a. ftdiginosa, Hodg. 



There is some doiibt as to the correct synonymy of this species, but the Pegu 

 bird is the same as that figured as fuliginosa by Hume (Lahore to Yarkand, pi. 4). 

 S.F. ii. p. 220 ; iii. p. 104 f vi. p. 226. 



Alseonax latirostuis, Raffl. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasscrim. Andamaus. 



A. KKRRUGiXEUS, Hodg. Sikkiiii. Pegu. South China. 



Bulalis rufcsccns, Jerdon. 

 Stoparola melanops, Vig. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



Karen-ni, to oOUO. 



A cold weather visitant in Burma, disappearing after February (Davison). 



Ctornis rubecui.oides, Vig. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



This is a species which appears to run into and merge in C. elejjans. Tern., from 

 Sumatra. Certainly, according to Hume, Temasserim birds differ slightly in colouratinn 

 from India, and approach the Sumatra race, and the present seems one of those 

 instances where an increase of oiir knowledge leads to the imion more or less complete 

 of species from widely-separated localities. 



C. OLivACEA, Hume. Southern Tenasserim. 



Separated from its allies by the propoitions of its bill, and the similarity in 

 colouring of the sexes (S.F. v. p. 338). 



C. MAGNiBOSTEis, Blyth. Southern Tenasserim. 



C. vrvTDA, Swinh. Mooleyit. 



C. BAKYAMAS, Horsf. Karen-ni. 

 C. Tickellia, Blyth, apud Walden. 



Lord Walden in B. B. quotes the above Nos. of Jerdon, 305, 306, giving both 

 name and reference incorrectly. I presume, however, it is his opinion that these 

 two species should be united, in which case, of course Blyth's species must give 

 way. Hume includes neither species among Tenasserim birds, and considers the 

 identification of the Karen-ni bird to involve some error. Hume also gives the name 

 incorrectly {Tickelli). S.F. vi. p. 229. 



NiLTAVA suxDARA, Hodg. Arakan and Tcnassorim. 



Both Blyth and Lord Walden record this bird from Burma, but Hume ventures a 

 suggestion if Ci/ornis vivida was not mistaken for it. Tlie suggestion is improbable, 

 but may be noted. 



N. ilAcouiooniv-E, Barton. Martaban. Karin-ni at 3000. 



N. GRANnrs, Blyth. Mooleyit. 



A. MoxiLioER, Hodg. Arakan. Tenasserim. Kareu-ni at 5000. 

 A. sub-moniliger, Hume. 



The Burmese race has been separated by Hume (S.F. v. p. 105), but its author 



