452 Lieut. Wardlaw Ramsay's Notes 



neum., although in his original description (J. A, S. B. 1859, 

 p. 414) Blytli described it as being a typical Pelloi-neiim in 

 structure. It seems to me to fall more nearly under the genus 

 Drymocatctphus. On comparing the type of Drymocataplms 

 /w/t7z<^', Walden (Ann. &Mag. N. H. ser. 4, xv. p. 401), with true 

 P. tickelli, I find that my species cannot be specifically sepa- 

 rated. And I observe that Mr. Hume (Str. Feath. 1877, 

 p. 59) expresses an almost confident opinion that D. fulvus, 

 ^Q\^di&n,= Tnchostoma minus, Hume, in which case T. minus 

 will also become a synonym of D. tickelli, and not, as I had 

 suggested (Blyth, B. Burma, no. 366), of Trichostoma abbotti. 



The figure (Plate X.) of P.ellorneum subochraceum, Swinh., 

 =-Pellorneum minus, Hume, is taken from an example ob- 

 tained by Lieutenant Wardlaw Ramsay on the Karen hills ; 

 and examples of this species collected by Mr. Limborg above 

 Meetan do not differ. 



The figures of Drymocataphus tickelli (Plate XL f. 1) and 

 of Trichostoma abbotti (Plate XL f. 2) are from Tenasserim 

 examjDles, obtained by Mr. Limborg. 



XL. — Notes on some Burmese Birds. By Lieutenant 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, 67th Regiment, M.B.O.U. 



(Plates XII., XIII.) 



The following remarks, which are partly extracts from my 

 note-book kept during a three years' residence in Burma, I 

 venture to publish. As Mr. A. O. Hume, in his "List of 

 the Birds of Upper Pegu" (S. F. ii. p. 1), and Mr. Gates 

 (S. F. iii. J). 335) have already contributed copious notes on 

 the birds of Burma, derived from various sources, I have 

 endeavoured as much as possible to avoid repetition of facts 

 which have already been made known by these gentlemen 

 and other writers. A few ornithological occiuTcnces have 

 come under my notice which I cannot find recorded else- 

 where; and some of these may prove of interest to readers 

 of ' The Ibis.' 



