454 Lieut. Wardlaw Ramsay's Notes 



14. POLIOHIERAX INSIGNIS. 



Poliohierax insignis, Walden, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 627. 

 This beautiful species is rare at Tonghoo, whence the type 

 came. I only once met with it during a space of two years. 



20. Spilornis cheela. 



The Crested Serpent-Eagle is a very common bird in 

 Burma ; its melancholy whistle may be heard in every jungle 

 on the plains. Nearly all that I have killed have had the 

 remains of snakes in their stomachs. At the Andaman 

 Islands I killed a specimen of Sjnlorriis elgini, which was 

 sitting on a mangrove stump in a tidal swamp. It had tried 

 to swallow a snake, but apparently had failed ; for about four 

 inches of the snake's body was hanging out of its mouth, 

 whilst the part which had passed into the stomach was almost 

 digested. 



ACCIPITER NISUS. 



I only once obtained the European Sparrow-Hawk at 

 Tonghoo. Mr. J. H. Gurney and Lord Tweeddale have seen 

 the specimen and confirmed my identification. It is appa- 

 rently an old female. 



45. MiLVUS GOVINDA. 



The Pariah Kites are only found in Tonghoo during the 

 dry season, arriving at the termination of the rains, and 

 leaving at the first burst of the next south-west monsoon. 



I regret that, not having preserved specimens, 1 am unable 

 to say whether I am right in referring the Tonghoo bird to 

 M. govinda, Sykes. 



58. AsiO ACCIPITRINUS. 



I obtained one specimen of the Short-eared Owl at Tonghoo. 



59. Athene cuculoides. 



Very common in most parts of the plains that I have visited, 

 especially at Rangoon. Its note is sometimes not unlike that 

 of XantholcEma hcemacephala. 



68. DiCHOCEROS BICOKNIS. 



(Burmese " Ouk-chin-gyee.'') 



The large Hornbill is very common in the Tonghoo district^ 



