on some Burmese Birds. 463 



but that of the male is still black, whilst the black of the 

 back becomes mottled with grey in some specimens. 



It leaves Burma in April, before the commencement of 

 the rains. 



MOTACILLA ALBA. 



Lord Tweeddale identified two of my Wagtails as M. duk- 

 hunensis ; but I am unable to detect them in my collection. 



Indian examples seem difficult to separate from Motacilla 

 alba of Europe. Blyth remarks (Ibis, 1865, p. 49) of this 

 Wagtail, " Like the European M. alba, but somewhat larger, 

 and with considerably more white on the wings. '^ Specimens 

 from Spain and Asia Minor, in both summer and winter 

 plumage, have the wing quite as white as examples from 

 Ahmadnagar. 



238. Hydrornis oatesi. 



Hydrornis oatesi, Hume, S. F. i. p. 477. 



A common enough bird in the hills. It is perfectly fear- 

 less. I have had one hopping about on the ground quite 

 close to me, and turning over the dead leaves in the most 

 unconcerned manner. It is usually found in the evergreen 

 forests. 



246. Petrocossyphus cyaneus. 



Arrives in Tonghoo about the middle of October. 



247. Orocetes erythrogaster. 



The Chestnut-bellied Thrush must be added to the Cata- 

 logue of the ' Birds of Burma ' as I obtained a specimen from 

 the hills in January 1876. 



255. Oreocincla dauma. 



Both this bird and 0. mollissima occur at Tonghoo and in 

 the hills. I obtained it at 5000 feet in April. 



263. Cyanecula suecica. 



I obtained two specimens in the Pegu plain in December 

 1873. 



313. Garrulax pectoralis. 



The commonest Chatterrer of Karen-nee, where I never 



