548 Lt.-Col. G. RippoQ on the Birds 



243. ^THOPYGA sEHERi^ (Tick.). (882.) 



The common Sun-bird of the Southern Shan States up to 

 about 4000 feet. 



244. J^THOPYGA DABRYi (Vcrr.). (889.) 



This species and the next are the common Sun-birds from 

 4000 to 6000 feet. 



245. ^THOPYGA sANGuiNiPECTus Wald. (891.) 



246. ^THOPYGA NEPALENSIS (HodgS.). (892.) 



I have not met with this bird below about 7000 feet, and 

 I have never found it very plentiful. 



247. Arachnechthka asiatica (Lath.). (895.) 

 Very common up to about 4500 feet. 



248. Arachnothera magna (Hodgs.). (906.) 

 Common. 



249. Dictum cruentatum (Linn.). (912.) 



The common Flower-pecker of the lower elevations ; in 

 some places it is very plentiful. 



250. DiCiEUM ignipectus (Hodgs.). (915.) 



I have always had an impression that this was a bird of 

 comparatively high elevations^ but I find that I have one 

 entry of having obtained it at about 2800 feet. 



251. Dictum erythrorhynchum (Lath,). (919.) 



Only one specimen obtained ; it was sent to me by 

 Capt. W. S. Prentis from Bampon. 



252. Piprisoma modestum (Hume). (922.) 



253. Pachyglossa melanoxantha Hodgs. (925.) 



I first procured this bird in the Na-Noi valley at about 

 5300 feet. I noted that the two specimens obtained there 

 were very quiet and solitary. Both were perched on dead 

 branches of trees, from which they made short flights after 

 insects in the manner of Flycatchers. 



The next time I met with this species was at the top of Loi 

 Mai, at over 8000 feet, where there were a good number 

 of individuals, which were very lively, chasing one another 

 about. They were breeding in April. 



