2G ON BIEDS FROM TENASSERIM. [1866. 



" Iriilcs dark red ; bill black ; legs leaden." According to Jerdon the irides of the 

 Himalayan G. leucohphos are red brown, and in some brownish yellow. Although without a 

 Pewu example for comparison (Lesson's type being from that country), the specimen seat agrees 

 so well with Lesson's description that I have little hesitation in considering it of the same race. 

 AVhen com])ared with Darji.'cling specimens of G. leucolophos, Ilardw., the distinctive characters 

 of tlicse two closely allied forms are self-evident. A thud race, from some part of Siam, is 

 represented by a specimen in my collection. In it the entire under surface is white, the 

 r.Z.R. 1866, thigh-coverts and flanks only being rufous. The nape is considerably more ashy, and the 

 ^' ^^'^' upper surface much brighter ferruginous, than that of the Tenasserim race. The upper tail- 

 coverts are olive rufescent, and the primaries are of a ruddier brown, their outer edges being 

 tinged with olive. The wing, which in G. leucohphos and G. helangcri measures 5 inches, some- 

 what exceeds that length. The bill is equal in length to that of G. hclamjeri, but is longer 

 by an eighth of an inch than that of G. leucolophos. The tarsus in all three is equal. I propose 

 the specific name of leucogaster for this race. 



2L Gabrulax CHiNTiNSis (Scop.). 



Le petit geay de la Chine, Sonn. Voy. aux Indes, ii. p. 188, pi. 187. 



Laniiis chinensis. Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. ii. p. 86. n. 17. 



No. 16, ? . Sal ween lliver. 



" Shot in company with G. leucohphos (Hardw.)." {G. belangeri, Less.) " Irides crimson- 

 red ; legs dirty brown." Tenasserim and, perhaps, some of the regions to the north appear to be 

 the true and only habitat of this species. 



22. Pycxoxotus? finlaysonii, Strickl. 



PgcnonotusJinJrnjsonii, Strickl. A. N. Hist. 1844, p. 411, 



Nos. 5.3, rj, 73, ?. Moulmein. 



" This bird is certainly very common, in small parties of three or four ; they seldom venture 

 far from thick cover, and have a pleasant call. Like P. nigrojiileus, Blyth, it occasionally 

 frequents low bushes. Irides brown ; legs bluish plumbeous ; bill dark horny plumbeous." No 

 distinction to be observed between the sexes. The specimens scut most certainly belong to 

 Strickland's species, the type of which was from, to him, some locality unknown, " probably from 

 some of the Malayan islands." The affinities of this species seem to point to Ixos. 



23. PvcNONOTus NiGROPiLEUS, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1847, p. 472. 



No. 76, 6. Moulmein. 



"Common, in small parties, about Moulmein, searching for insects amongst flowering 

 creepers. Bill black, with a slightly plumbeous tinge ; legs more leaden." A good species. F. 

 haiHorrhous ((.im.) is said by Mr. Blyth to replace it in Arakan (J. A. S. B. 18G3), while in Bengal 

 we only find J', pi/yaas, Ilodgs. But Dr. Jerdon inclines to tlie opinion that Arakan individuals 

 belong to a distinct race. It would be interesting to know the extreme northern and southern 

 limits of the Tenasserim bird. 



