322 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



343. Myiophonus temmincki. Yellow-billed Whistling 

 Thrush. 



Near Moulmein on September 19th, 1865, I observed one or 

 two specimens of what I took to be this bird on the rocky sides 

 of a hill called Damathat; and when at Simla in 1866, I pro- 

 cured several specimens, the dimensions of some of which I here 

 place on record. 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill from front. Spread foot. Extent. 



cJ ? 13 6-75 5-625 2 1-1875 2-125 19 



5 ? 12-75 6-5 5-125 2 1-25 2-125 18 



The species is apparently very abundant near Simla, judging 

 from the large number of specimens brought in by my native 

 hunters. I can confirm Herr von Pelzeln's account of the peculiar 

 appearance of the young of this species (Ibis, 1868, pp. 312,313). 



Pitta cyanoptera, Temm. 



This handsome species was procured by me in Burmah in 

 August 1865, on an island in the Salween River, some distance 

 above Moulmein. I procured two specimens, an adult and a 

 young one. In the former the irides are dark-brown, the skin 

 behind the eye lead-colour, the legs pinkish-fleshy, the bill 

 brown-black. In the latter the gape and tip of the bill are 

 crimson red, and the legs flesh-coloured. 



351. Petrocossyphus cyaneus, var. affinis. Blue Rock- 

 Thrush. 



At Moulmein, on the 11th of October 1865, I shot an ex- 

 ample of this bird as it came in the evening to roost in the 

 veranda of a house, which thus seems to be a favourite lodging 

 for the species ; for the week before, at Thatone, I had observed 

 an example come of an evening for the same purpose into the 

 veranda of the house I was staying in there. Another speci- 

 -men of this bird was shot by me near the top of Zwagaben. I 

 observed one other on the ironwork of the pagoda at the top, 

 but could not get a shot at it. I subjoin the dimensions of the 

 Moulmein specimen. Length 9*25 ; wing 4*75 ; tail 3'625 ; 

 tarsus 1-125; bill from front "8125; expanse 14-5 inches. 



523. Oreoc^tes ERYTHROGASTER. Chestnut-bellicd Thrush. 



When with Col. Tytler in 1866, 21st of June, at Simla, we 



came across a pair of this species on the top of Mount Jacko. It 



