Birds of the Southern Shan States. 587 



with white, the secondaries all broadly edged with bright 

 orange- brown; the primary-coverts brown, forming a con- 

 spicuous patch on the upper portion of the wing; tail 

 brown, the outer webs of the feathers bright orange-brown 

 for three-fourths of their length from base ; lores, cheeks, 

 and a long supercilium white, the white of the cheeks ex- 

 tending to the neck ; ear-coverts brown ■ chin and throat 

 black, shading into grey on the upper breast; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts bright orange-brown, flanks anteriorly 

 more or less white : upper mandible horny, lower mandible 

 fleshy yellow; legs and feet in life apparently fleshy brown. 



" Length about 4", wing 1 8", tail 1'9", bill from gape 0-3", 

 tarsus 7"." 



Valley of the Mekong River at 8500 ft., April 1902. 



*8 (61). ScEORHYNCHUS GULARIS (Horsf.). 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 69. 

 Byinkyi, Loilong State, 4500 ft., 10.3.02. <? . " Length 

 in the flesh 7' 5". Iris reddish brown, legs dull green. " 



Family Crateropodid^e. 



9 (64). Dryonastes chinensis (Scop.). 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 74. 



Wanhat, Cis-Salween, Mawkmai, 1200 ft., 3.1.01. 

 I never found this bird common, though it occurs over 

 a wide range, and at elevations from 500 ft. to 5000 ft. 



10 {67). Dryonastes sannio (Swinhoe). 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 76. 



Menetaung, 6000 ft., 20.1.02 ; Loi Kaw, 4500 ft., 8.4.02. 



*11 (71). Garrulax diakdi (Less.). 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 79. 

 Pan Long, Wanhat Circle, Cis-Salween, Mawkmai, 1200 

 to 1500 ft., 34.02. Four specimens. 



12 (72). Garrulax pectoralis (Gould). 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 80. 



Loi Salii range, 5600 ft., 5.1.01. Has a wide range, and 

 occurs plentifully both in the low hot vallcvs and at heights 

 up to 6000 it. 



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