of the Southern Shan States. 531 



35. Stachyrhidopsis sulphurea Rippon, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. xi. p. 11. (172a.) 



At the time of obtaining this bird I did not discriminate 

 between it and S. I'uficeps. 1 found it at about 4800 feet. 



36. Stachyrhidopsis rufifrons (Blytli). (173.) 



Not common, but widely distributed. I got two specimens 

 in low bamboo-jungle at an elevation of about 3500 feet. 



37. ScHfENiPARUs iNTERMEDius Rippon, Bull, B. O. C. 

 vol. xi. p. 11. (179a.) 



The habits of this bird are similar to those o£ S. mandeUii, 

 and it is extremely common in the brushwood between 4500 

 and 7000 feet. 



38. PSEUD0]\IINLA CASTANEICEPS HodgS. (182.) 



Very common from 4500 feet upwards. 



39. TuRDiNULUs ExsuL Sharpe. (186.) 

 On Loi Mai at 5500 feet. 



40. Myiophoneus temmincki Vigors. (187.) 



I have shot tliis and the next species within a hundred 

 yards of one another. 



41. Myiophoneus eugenii Hume. (188.) 



42. Larvivora cyanea (Pall.). (190.) 

 Only one specimen seen and obtained. 



43. Drymochares cruralis (Blyth). (197.) 

 Obtained at 6000 feet. The movements of this species 



on the ground resemble those of a rat rather than of a bird. 

 The only opportunities I have had of watching it have been 

 in the openings in dense undergrowth beneath high trees at 

 5500 feet and upwards. I believe it to be fairly plentiful^ 

 but I have not been able to determine its likes and dislikes 

 with regard to the nature of the ground chosen, as can be done 

 so quickly with many birds. It makes its way very rapidly 

 through thick brushwood, and, having arrived at the edge of 

 an opening, squats behind a small rock or stone, or even a 

 heap of leaves, and makes short runs from its shelter into 

 the open, picking up something and returning. It is not 



