464 Mr. W. T. Blanford on Birds from the Irawadi valley. 



1. Hier-ax eutohnus, Hodgs. — One specimen shot on the hills 

 east of Ava ; others were obtained on the hills of the Bassein 

 district of Pegu. They were always seen perched conspicuously 

 on leafless branches ; and the Burmese told me they fed on 

 beetles. 



2. Palceornis, sp. ? — This is the bird to which Dr. Jerdon 



refers under the head of P . javanicus (B. Ind. i. pp. 263, 264) ; 

 and, like him, I also saw large flocks near Thayet Myo, both when 

 in his company and subsequently. As late as November at all 

 events I saw no specimen with a red breast, although I shot 

 several and saw others caged. 



3. Picus hlanfordi, Blyth, J.A.S.B. xxxii. p. 75. — This is little 

 more than a variety of P. mahrattensis, with the white spots 

 rather better developed. Common at Thayet Myo. I also ob- 

 tained specimens near Ava. It is probably peculiar to the drier 

 parts of Burmah, and I did not meet with it in Lower Pegu. 



4. Hemicercus canente (Less.) — Bassein, not common. 



5. Chrysocolaptes sultaneus (Hodgs.). — Pegu: Bassein district. 



6. Hemilophus feddeni (Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1863, xxxii. p. 75). 

 — Bassein and Thayet Myo; not very common. Named after 

 Mr. F. Fedden, of the Geological Survey, who obtained the first 

 specimen I saw. The species is distinguished from H. hodgsoni 

 of Malabar by the much larger quantity of white on the inner 

 webs of the quills, which in H. feddeni extends for half their 

 length on all the quills. The dimensions of tlie type specimen 

 in the Calcutta Museum are: — wing 3'75, tail 6-5, bill nearly 

 2 inches. I cannot find a specimen of H. hodgsoni for com- 

 parison. 



7. Hemilophus pulverulejitus (Temm.). — I met with this large 

 Woodpecker only once, on the hills (known as the Shan Hills) 

 east of the Irawadi, near Mandele and Ava. I came upon a 

 small flock of five or six, which were excessively noisy and rather 

 wary, keeping to high trees. By good fortune I procured one 

 specimen, now in the Calcutta Museum. The wing measures 

 9*5, tail 6'5 in. 



8. Gecinus striolatus (Blyth) . — Pegu : Irawadi delta. 



9. Gecinus viridanus ij^\yi\\) . — Pegu: also found in Upper 

 Burma. 



