1866.] ON BIRDS FEOM TENASSERIM. 29 



compared with continental, and if found to be specifically distinct will have to take Lafresnaye's 

 title of J/avo-cri status. Prince Bonaparte (' Conspectus ') keeps the two separate, but gives no other 

 distinction than that of size, Hodgson's species being, according to the Prince, the smallest. How- 

 ever, this statement is not quite reliable, for the Prince records them both from the Himalayas. 



31. MuNiA ACUTiCAUDA, Hodgs. As. Kes. xix. p. 153 (1S3G). 

 No. 67, c?. Moulmein. 



A larger bird tlian Darjeeling specimens in my collection. Bill stouter and longer ; 

 colouring much deeper. Above not to be distinguished from Malabar specimens of 31. striata 

 (Linn.), but wanting the uniform deep-brown breast and [)ure-white belly of that species. 

 Formosan specimens agree much better with the Himalayan race. 



32. MUNIA UNDULATA (Lath.). 



Loccia undulata. Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. p. 387. 



Nos. 30, 31, 50. Moulmein; Schouay Goon, Salween Eiver. 



" Irides dark sienna ; legs light violet ; beak plumbeous, and eyelids the same. Common 

 along the banks of the Salween River. Thor-za or Tow-za, Burmese, i. e. Jungle-Sparrow." 

 The continental race is considered by Horsfield and Moore as distinguishable from the Javan bird 

 (Loxia pimcfularia, Linn., =P. rtsoria, Temm.) by the whitish grey on the rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and tail of the Javan race being exchanged for glistening fulvous in the continental 

 species. From want of authentic Javan specimens I am unable to confirm this opinion ; but a 

 Flores specimen in my collection has the upper tail-coverts and margins of the rectrices glistening 

 fulvous as in the Indian race, but of a paler hue. It is also a smaller bird than these Tenasserim 

 specimens. 



33. Crtpsirhixa varlans (Lath.). 



Corvus varians. Lath. Ind. Oru. Supp. p. 26 (1790). 



Nos. 61, (?, 47, ?. Moulmein. 



" Tolerably common in the neighbourhood of Moulmein, frequenting large trees in parties 

 of seven or eight. Has a rather harsh call. Irides bright bluer' The sexes do not appear to 

 differ. Compared with a Javan specimen I can detect no further distinction than in the greater 

 lustre of the Javan bird's plumage. The dimensions are equal. It has not bee» discovered lower 

 in the Malay countries than Mergui. 



34. AcRiDOTHERES Fuscus (Wagler). 



Pastor fuscus, Wagler, Syst. Av. sp. 6 (1827). 



No. 75, S- Moulmein. 



"Irides bright yellow; bill and legs bright yellow, the former with a bluish-green tinge 

 at base of lower mandible." Tenasserim individuals are regarded by Mr. Blyth as identical 

 with those inhabiting Bengal, and agree in having bright yellow irides; while those from P.Z.S. 1806, 

 Southern India (P. ma/iratfcnsis, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832), otherwise nearly similar in plumage, ^' ^^'^' 

 are distinguishable by having the irides white or greyish white. 



