546 Lt.-Col, G. Rippon on the Birds 



211. Mycerobas melanoxanthus (Hodgs.). (744.) 

 One specimen obtained in the middle o£ April in the hills 



behind Fort S ted man at about 5000 feet. 



212. Carpodacus erythrinus (Pall.). (/61.) 

 Fairly common. 



213. Passer DOiMESTicus (Linn.). (776.) 

 Very common. 



214. Passer mOxNtanus (Linn.). (779.) 



215. Passer cinnamomeus (Gould). (780.) 

 Obtained once at Kalaw. 



216. Passer flaveolus Blyth. (781.) 

 Very common. 



217. Emberiza fucata Pall. (790.) 



218. Emberiza pusilla Pall. (791.) 

 Common. 



219. Emberiza aureola Pall. (797.) 

 A fair number may be met with. 



220. Emberiza rutila Pall. (802.) 

 Fairly common. 



,221. Melophus melanicterus (Gmel.). (803.) 

 Common on all open uplands above 4000 feet. 



222. Cotile riparia (Linn.). (808.) 



Very common on the Fort Stedman lake in the cold 

 season. I intended to have collected a good series of these 

 and of other Swallows in the cold season of 1899-1900, but 

 thev came rather later than usual, and I left the Shan States 

 on the 1st of December, 1899, before they had arrived in any 

 great numbei's. 



223. HiRUNDO rustica Linn. (813.) 



Fort Stedman lake seems to be a general meeting-place of 

 this group of Swallows. 



224. HiRUNDO GUTTURALIS ScOp. (814.) 



225. HiRUNDO TYTLERI Jcid. (815.) 



