of the Southern Shan States. 533 



The following are the dimensions of one of my specimens 

 measured in the flesh : — Length 4", tail 1"-1, wing 2"-2, tarsus 

 0"-85, bill from gape 0"-5. These are omitted from the 

 details in the ' P'auna of British India.' 



47. SiBiA picoiDEs Hodgs. (203.) 



Fairly common. I have not seen it below about 4500 

 feet. 



48. LlOPTILA MELANOLEUCA (Ely til). (206.) 



I obtained a specimen of this species in 1895 at Kalaw, but 

 have never seen it west of the Fort Stedman valley since. 

 It has a white patch on the wing, which is very conspicuous 

 in flight. 



49. LioPTiLA CASTANOPTERA (Salvad.). (207.) 



Very common in the hills about Kalaw, but I do not think 

 it extends far to the east. 



It has a white patch on the wing, as the last species has. 



50. LioPTiLA SATURATA Wald. (208 «.) 



In the ' Fauna of British India ' this name is entered as 

 a synonym of L. annectens, but the specimens in the Natural 

 History Museum, South Kensington, labelled " L. annectens j" 

 do not at all correspond in colouring with those I obtained. 

 The extent of the chestnut on the back of my examples 

 is similar to that in L. annectens, but the colour is very 

 much darker. I should describe the middle of the back of 

 L. annectens, as represented in the Natural History Museum, 

 as being of a fulvous chestnut, while the colour of that part 

 in the specimens that I obtained is very deep chestnut, 

 recalling the colour in L. davisoni. 



51. AcTiNODURA RAMSAYi (Wald.). (212.) 



Very common in the hill-range east of Fort Stedman at 

 5000 feet, and found in the cold weather down to 3500 feet. 

 Breeds in April. 



52. Staphidia rufigenis (Hume). (217.) 



Only once obtained, at about 5000 feet, in March, out of 

 some low bamboo-jungle. 



