594 Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham on the 



binghami. It agrees fairly well with specimens of H. hulti 

 in the British Museum. 



52 (277). Alcurus striatus (Blyth). 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 266. 



Salween-Mekong watershed, 7000 ft., 16.2.01. 



53 (287). Xanthixus flavescens (Blyth). 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 275. 



Byinkyi, 5500 ft., 9.3.02; Loi Salii, Masvkmai State, 

 5000 ft., 5.1.01. 



54 (292). Snzixus caniprons Blyth. 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 280. 



Menetaung, 6000 ft., 12.1.02. 



55 (296). Iole virescens Blyth. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 284. 

 Foot of watershed between Mong Kyat and Mong Hang, 

 3500 ft., 6.2.01. 



Family SiTTiDiE. 

 *36 (315). Sitta himalayensis Jard. & Selby. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 300. 

 This species, so far as I know, has not previously been 

 procured in Burma. 



57 (318). Sitta nagaensis Godw.-Aust. 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 302. 



Loi Un, Loi Salii range, 5600 ft., 7.1.01. 



58 (319). Sitta magna Wardl. Earns. 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 303. 



This bird does not seem to be rare at an elevation of 6000 ft. 

 and upwards. Over a dozen specimens were obtained at 

 various localities, from Menetaung, in the Loilong State in 

 the west, to the Mekong Valley on the eastern frontier of 

 the Shan States. 



*59 (324). Sitta Formosa Blyth. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 306. 

 Salween-Mekong watershed, east of Mong Hang, 7000 ft., 

 16.2.01. 



