on some Burmese Birds. 457 



tained specimens in tlie hills^ whichj unfortunately, were lost, 

 together with a valuable collection, in transit to Lord Tweed- 

 dale's residence at Chislehurst. 



83. Alcedo bengalensis. 



I found a nest in the side of an old well in some thick 

 jungle near Rangoon, at about five feet from the surface ; it 

 contained seven eggs. 



A specimen shot at Tonghoo in October has a broad but 

 faint pectoral band of dull blue feathers. 



88. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS. 



I never saw this bird in Burma until the month of April 

 1875, when descending the western slopes of the Karen hills, 

 at an elevation of about 700 feet. I afterwards found them 

 common at about 2000 feet. The birds may, however, be 

 considered generally scarce. 



94. MegaLjEma marshallorum. 



This large Barbet is very common in the Karen hills, and 

 very noisy, keeping up its call almost incessantly during the 

 night at certain seasons. Iris hair-brown ; bill dull yellow, 

 tinged with green, culmen blackish ; legs dusky green. 



96. MegaLtEma asiatica. 



98. Megal^ema ramsayi. 



Megalama ramsayi, Walden, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, xv. 

 p. 400, June 1875. 



These two species are very common in the hills, where they 

 take the place of M. hodgsoni, so abundant in the plains. 



104. Alophonerpes pulverulentus. 



This large Woodpecker is extremely common in the wooded 

 country between Tonghoo and the Pegu Yoma range. I have 

 seen as many as twelve in one tree. Gecinus erythropygius 

 also has a habit of going about in flocks; for I have seen as 

 many as nine or ten following one another out of a tree, after 

 the manner of the Chatterers [Garrulax). 



The Slaty Woodpecker is found up to a considerable ele- 

 vation in the Karen hills, unlike Thriponax crawfurdi, which 

 I have never seen except on the plains. 



