46.2 Lieut. Wardlaw Ramsay's Notes 



of February 1876 I found these birds very numerous in a 

 seeding bamboo jungle near Pegu. 



They migrate northwards in April^ soon after the com- 

 mencement of the hot weather. 



In Karen-nee they are also common. 



214. Emberiza rutila. 



The common Bunting of the higher Karen hills, but also 

 found, but rarely, in the plains of the Tonghoo district. 



216. Emberiza pusilla. 



Also common enough at all elevations. I obtained a spe- 

 cimen in the Andaman Islands in March 1873. 



217. Melophus melanicterus. 



I found the Crested Bunting very common in the Karen 

 hills up to 3000 feet, particularly so on the Karen-nee plateau 

 in March 1874. This is by far the commonest Bunting in 

 the Karen-nee country, where the rocky scrub-covered hill- 

 sides seem to suit it. It is particularly fond of the neigh- 

 bourhood of tiny streams covered over with bushes in the 

 open country. Their note, which is uttered on the wing, is 

 a rather pleasing whistle, quite unlike that' of any other 

 Bunting. 



230. MOTACILLA LUZONENSIS. 



The White-faced Wagtails arrive in Tonghoo in the early 

 part of September, and are then found in considerable flocks 

 on the parade-ground and other open spaces ; but after a few 

 days they disperse, and are then invariably to be seen in 

 pairs, male and female, about the rocks and houses. At this 

 period the male has the head and upper parts black ; whilst in 

 the female the head is black or grey, or mottled with both 

 coloui's, but the back always ashy. On examining a very 

 large series, of which the sexes have all been carefully ascer- 

 tained by myself, it appears that in the months of September 

 and October, although the head of the female is liable to 

 variation in colour, yet its back is invariably ashy, whilst 

 that of the male is black. By the end of the year the head 

 of the female is always grey, of the same colour as the back ; 



