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83. Crypsirhina varians (Lath.). — Prome, Bassein. 



84. Urocissa magnirostris, Blyth. — Tliayet Myo. About 

 August these birds were in small flocks composed of families 

 and their nearly full-grown young. I saw a blue Magpie, pro- 

 bably of this species, close to Ava. 



85. Cissa sinensis (Bodd.). — Near Prome. 



86. Gracula intermedia. A, Hay. — Forest jungle, Bassein 

 district. 



87. Temenuchus burmannicus (Jerd. Ibis, 1862, p. 21). — 

 Thayet Myo and Ava ; more comnion above the British frontier 

 than below it. 



88. Sturnopastor super ciliaris, Blyth. — Thayet Myo. 



89. Munia ruhronigra (Hodgson). — Thayet Myo. 



90. Ploceus bengalensis, Blyth. — Thayet Myo, Ava. 



91. Ploceus manxjar (Horsf.) . — Thayet Myo, in high elephant- 

 grass on an island in the Irawadi, breeding in July and 

 August. 



92. Ploceus baya, Blyth. — Bassein. 



93. Passer flaveolus, Blyth. — Thayet Myo ; abundant in the 

 bushes around the station. Common also further up the Ira- 

 wadi. 



94. Euspiza aureola (Pall.). — Ava. 



95. Euspiza rutila (Pall.). — Arakan hills, near Bassein, Pegu. 

 Dr. Jerdon (B. Ind. ii. p. 380) by mistake says that I obtained 

 this bird in Upper Burma. 



96. Corydalla richardi (Vieifl.) . — Bassein. 



97. Corydalla rufula (Vieill.). — Thayet Myo; Bassein. 



98. Anthus agilis, Sykes. — Thayet Myo, Bassein. 



99. Miraf r a affinis, 3 erd. — Thayet Myo; common. 



100. Carpophaga sylvatica, Tickell. — Arakan Hills, Prome, 

 Bassein ; common. 



101. Treron phoenicoptera (Lath.). — Ava. 



102. Treron viridifrons, Blyth. — Bassein : Thayet Myo ? 



103. Treron phayrii (Blyth). — Irawadi delta, near Bassein. 

 This species and its allies of the group Osmotreron are wanting in 

 the drier parts of India and Burma. 



104. Turtur tigrinus (Temm.).— Thayet Myo. 



105. Francolinns phayrii, Blyth. — Ava? Thayet Myo; 

 Prome ; not observed in Lower Pegu. 



