Birds of the Southern Shan States. 595 



GO (325). Sitta frontalis Horsf. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 307. 

 Loi Un, Loi Salii range, 5000 ft., 8.1.01. 



Family Dicrurid^e. 



61 (339). Bhringa remifer (Temm.). 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 324. 



Loi Un, Loi Salii range, 5000 ft., 8.1.01. 

 Smaller than typical B. remifer, with metallic-green, not 

 violet, gloss. 



Family Certhiid.e. 



62 (344). Certhia discolor Blyth. 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 331. 



Pang Paw, Mawkmai State, 4800 ft., 11.11.01 ; Loi Pang 

 Naw, near Mekong, 7000 to 7500 ft., April 1902. 



*63. Urocichla reptata Bingh. 



Urocichla reptata Bingham, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 55 

 (1903). 



" £ . Entire upper plumage umber-brown, the posterior 

 margins of the feathers of the head, back, rump, wing-coverts, 

 and upper tail-coverts narrowly barred with black, giving a 

 squamate appearance to the plumage; wings and tail pale 

 brown, the primaries and secondaries edged with brighter 

 umber-brown ; lores, ear-coverts, and chin ashy grey j throat, 

 breast, and flanks umber-brown, the feathers on the throat 

 and upper breast rather indistinctly speckled with grey ; 

 middle of the abdomen dark bluish grey ; vent and under 

 tail-coverts umber-brown. Bill horny ; legs and feet in life 

 apparently fleshy brown. 



"Length 45", wing T8", tail 1-5", bill from gape 0-55", 

 tarsus 0-7"." 



J. Loi Pang Naw, Mekong Valley, 8300 ft., April 1902. 

 Shot in dwarf bamboo. 



*64 (357). Pnoepyga pusilla Hodgs. 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 343. 

 Loi Un, Loi Salii range, 5000 ft., 11.1.01. 



