472 Notes on some Burmese Birds. 



buff. I observe that I have recorded my sjDecimens shot in 

 the Andamans as having the bill purplish lake^ irides red, 

 and legs dull pinkish buff. 



626. FULICA ATRA. 



Occurs at Tonghoo. 



629. Xema brunneicephala. 



Rarely found so high up the Sittang as Tonghoo. I only 

 once obtained a specimen, in October. 



635. Seena aurantia. 



636. Sterna javanica. 



Both these species breed in large numbers on the sand- 

 banks of the Sittang in March, April, and May. 



637. Sternula minuta. 



Breeds on the sandbanks of the Sittang. 



639. Rhynchops albicollis. 



The eggs, which are generally deposited on a sandbank, 

 are very much like those of Seena aurantia ; and therefore the 

 most careful identification of the bird to which eggs found on 

 the sand belong is necessary. 



I have found the remains of fish-bones, mixed with a con- 

 siderable amount of grit and sand, in the stomach of one of 

 these birds. 



646. Sarcidiornis melanonota. 



The Comb-Duck breeds in the Tonghoo district in July 

 and August. Burmese have assured me that they breed on 

 trees in colonies ; but I cannot vouch for the truth of this 

 statement, as I have never myself seen the nest^. 



On the 21st September a native brought me three live 

 ducklings which he had caught in a swamp. He stated that 

 the nest in which the young birds were hatched out was 

 situated on a low bush in the swamp. 



647. Dendrocygna arcuata. 

 (Burmese, " Tse-se-le.^^) 



This is the common Whistling Teal of the Tonghoo side 

 of the Yomas, D. major being rare. On the Thyetmyo side 



* [ Cy. A. Anderson, Ibis, 1874, p. 220, where the nesting-habits of this 

 species are fully described. — Edd.] 



