on Byingyi Mountain, Burma. 4<79 



situated in about north latitude 20° and east longitude 96^°. 

 It rises to a height o£ 6200 feet. Immediately to the south- 

 east of Byingyi lies the State of Karennee, a country Avhich 

 was partially explored by Major W. R. Wardlaw-Ramsay 

 some years ago, and an account of the birds of which ap- 

 peared in ' The Ibis/ * 



I have visited Byingyi twice : once in March 1893 and 

 again in December of the same year. On both occasions 

 my visits were somewhat hurried, and in March it was raining 

 heavily nearly all the time I was on the mountain. Altogether 

 I managed to collect examples of or to observe 61 species of 

 birds; and as many of them are of great interest, I think that 

 a list of them will prove useful. Many of the species have 

 already been recorded by Major Wardlaw-Ramsay from Ka- 

 rennee, but I was fortunate in securing examples of a few 

 which had escaped that excellent collector, probably for the 

 reason that I worked at a greater elevation than be did. 



Byingyi is densely wooded to the very top, but there are a 

 few spurs and ridges of small extent covered with grass. On 

 the neighbouring peaks there are numbers of pine-trees, but 

 none on Byingyi itself. The climate is excellent, and an 

 attempt is now being made to establish a sanitarium for 

 troops and others near the summit of the mountain. 



The birds noted in the following list were obtained at 

 heights between 4500 and 6000 feet. The numbers in 

 brackets after the name of the species refer to the numbers 

 of the species in the bird- volumes of the ' Fauna of British 

 India.' 



1. CORVUS MACRORHYNCHUS, Wagl. [4.] 



2. CissA CHiNENSis (Bodd.). [14.] 



3. Dendrocitta himalayensis, Blyth. [18.] 

 Not found below 4000 feet. 



4. Machlolophus spilonotus (Blyth). [41.] 



Already recorded from Karennee and from Muleyit Moun- 

 tain in Tenasserim. 



* See bis " Ornitbological Notes from Karennee," Ibis, 1875, p. 348. 



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