460 Lord AValdcn on Jiirds frcni Evriiia. 



tenant W. Ramsay in the Karen lulls at 4000 feet elevation. 

 It has also been foinid by that gentleman and by Mr. Qatcs 

 in the Tonghoo hills. An interesting note relating to it by 

 the latter naturalist will be fouiid in 'Stray Feathers' (iii. 

 p. 174). In some examples the feathers on the upper part 

 of the breast are crossed by two conspieuous narrow black 

 bands, or by one broad one. In others the breast-plumage 

 appears of a uniform taw ny rufous ; but when the feathers 

 are pushed aside, many of them will be found to be broadly 

 marked with dark brown. 



Gampsorhynchus liUfULUs. Adult males of this species, 

 obtained by Lieutenant W. Ramsay on the Tonghoo hills, in 

 no respect differ from Darjeeling birds and others from the 

 Garo hills &c. But some female examples he obtained in 

 the Karen hills exhibit a mixture of brown and white feathers 

 on the nape, suggesting apparently a state of transition from 

 the young to the adult plumage. One of these has also a 

 narrow rufous collar, which separates the white throat from 

 the tawny breast-plumage. In another this collar is merely 

 indicated at the sides of the neck, the white gular plumage 

 being continuous with that of the breast, which is white. On 

 examples in this state of plumage G. torquatus, Hume (Str. 

 Feath. ii. p. 446), appears to have been founded. 



PsARisoMUS DALHousi^. On two examples of this Broad- 

 bill, obtained by Mr. Oates near Thayet Myo, Mr. Hume has 

 based a new title, P. assimilis (Str. Feath. iii. p. 53). The 

 characters relied on are trifling differences of extent and of 

 shade in the colour of some of the head- and neck-markings. 

 Lieutenant VV. Ramsay procured many examples of the bird 

 in Tonghoo and the Karen hills. The greatest care has been 

 taken by him in the preparation of the skins, which are ex- 

 cellent specimens of skilful taxidermy. Several of these ex- 

 amples are absolutely identical with others from Nipaul, Dar- 

 jeeling, North Cachar, Assam, &c. The broad yellow band 

 edged with silvery white is most conspicuous in a Karen in- 

 dividual. A Nipaul bird has the patch behind the eye of the 

 same hue as another from the Karen hills. And in a bird 



