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E. rusiLLA, Piill. Karcn-ni at uoOO feet. Mooleyit. 



E. KUTHA, Pall. Sikkim. Eassein in Pegu. Toung-ngoo. 



Karen-ni. Pahpoon. 

 A winter visitant only. 



EusrizA Ai'KKOLA, Fall. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasscriiu. Nieobars. 



E. fiavoqularis, Blyth. 



:^[,rafrajhivicuUh',yi-MV\f\\. 9 {fide A\'aklen). 

 IIeloi'HUs JiKLiVNiciKKUS, Gmcl. Karen-ui. JIaitabau. 



FRINGILLIXiE. 



In the finclies the males arc usually far more briglitly coloured than the females 

 Their food is chiefly seeds. They build neat nests in trees and bushes, and lay 

 ■white or coloured eggs spotted, but never ' lined,' like the buntiugs. They are bii'ds 

 of temperate climes. 



Caepodacus ekythrinds, Pall. Arakan. Toung-ngoo. 



.VLAUDIN^E. 



The larks are birds of robust form and terrestrial habits, but with broad wings 

 fitted to enable them to soar, as is the custom of many species. They feed on grain 

 and insects, dust themselves with sand, like the Gallinacea, and lay tlieir eggs on the 

 ground, the eggs l)eiug of a dusky or greenish hue, profusely speekk>d. 



Tlic ' Ortolan,' as it is called in India, CalandreUa brachi/dacti/Iu, Tern., belongs 

 to this subfamily and visits India in immense flocks, and is then very fat, and Jerdon 

 records bagging (besides those that escaped) twelve dozen birds at Kamptc by a right 

 and left shot. 



MiRAFKA AFFINIS, JerdoH. PegU. 



M. miiropti-ra, Hume. 



Considering that Jerdon describes finding this his own species abundantly at 

 Thayet-myo, it seems highly unnecessary to have a second name bestowed on the 

 same bird. 



M. AssAMicA, MacClcll. Arakan. 



Alaudula eattal, Blyth. Pegu. 



Alatjda gulgula, Franklin. Martaban. Arakan. 



This is the ' Sky-lark ' of India, and its voice and mode of singing closely 

 resemble that of the European bird. 



Family Sturnidae. 



This family embraces the Starlings and Mynahs. Some breed in holes of trees 

 or buildings, or in banks, others make large nests in trees, and ull lay spotless eggs 

 of a bluish-green, either pale or deep in tint. 



STUENIN^. 



Stuenopastoe CONTRA, L. Pcgu. Tcnasscrim uortli of Jlcrgui. 



S. superciliaris, Blytli (nionente auctore). 



S. NiGRicoLLis, Paykull. Bhamo. Lower Siam. 



Aceidotheres teistis, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



A. orxGiNiANUs, Lath. Tenasserim. 



A. Frscus, Wagl. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



A. griseus, apud Blyth. 



According to Davison, the irides arc yellow, whilst the closely affined A. 2Iah- 

 raitemis, Sykes, has them pale blue. 



A. SiAJiENsis, Swinhoc. Karen-ni at 3000. 



Irides pale chocolate. 



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