Birds of the Southern Shun States. 591 



Four specimens of this rare bird were obtained by Mr. 

 Craddock ; one a female, with nest and eggs. " Nest of 

 moss lined with fibres placed on road-cutting near Byinkyi, 

 5500 ft." The eggs are broad ovals, 07" x 0"55" and 0-71" X 

 0'55", white, with a faint wash of pale blue, spotted thickly 

 at the broad end, where the markings are more or less 

 confluent, with brown and purple. 



*33 (220). Siva castaneicauda Hume. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 209. 

 Loi Pang Naw, 8000 ft., west of the Mekong, April 1902. 

 Several specimens. 



*3i (227). ZoSTEROPS AUREI VENTER Hume. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 215. 



Menetaung, 6000 ft., 13.1.02. 



Zosterops simplex Swinh., so common at Kalaw and on 

 Loi San Pa, seems not to have been obtained in the Mekong 

 valley. 



*35 (232). Ixulus flavicollis (Elodgs.). 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 218. 

 Loi Pang Naw, from 6500 to 8000 ft., April 1902. Several 

 specimens. 



*36 (233 a). Ixulus clarki Oates. 

 ? . Byiukyi, 5500 ft., Loilong State, 9.1.02. 



*37 (234). Herpornis xantholeuca Hodgs. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 219. 

 The locality is not given, but the bird was probably procured 

 in one of the low hot valleys. 



38 (236). Cutia nepalensis Hodgs. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 222. 

 Menetaung, 6000 ft., 3.1.02; Loi Maw, 6000 ft., 3. 1.02. 

 Two pairs. 



*39 (237). Pterutiiius erythropterus (Vigors). 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 221. 

 4 6- Loi Un, Loi Salii range, 6000 ft., 3.1.02. 



