402 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Iljis, 



Tropidopcrdix chlorojnis, Hypotriorcliis severus, Megulcema 

 lagrandieri, Thereiceryx Uneatus, Dendrocopus analis, Cknjso- 

 phlegma fiavinuclia pierrei, Graucalus macei siamensis^ jEgi- 

 tldna Jafresnayei xanthotis, Dryonastes chinensis germaini, 

 Garrulax moniliger m'jultuii, Cissa hypoleuca, and a new form 

 of Pomatorhinus ticke/li. 



Altogetlier in t^evcnty collecting-days 1525 specimens 

 were obtained, representing 235 species, 34 of which appear 

 to be new. I fear that this excursion will prove to be my 

 ornithologiciil acme, but must consider myself fortunate to 

 have found a district so little known and yet so easily 

 accessible and pleasant to work. 



Introduction and List of Literature. 



The .avifauna of Freutih Indo-China in general, and to an 

 even greater extent that of Annam in j)articular, lias. l:)een 

 comparatively little studied by ornithologists^ and but little 

 has been written of it even in French journals. 



The most important contribution is that of Oustalet, 

 "■ Les Oiscaux du Cambodge,'^ which includes a full 

 synonymy u]) to the date at wiiich it was written, but 

 unfortunately only two parts wei'c completed. 



The following is a list of the principal publications on the 

 subject : — 



OusTALETj E. — Les Oiseaux du Cambodge, du Laos, de 

 I'Annani et du Tonkin. Part i. Nouv. Arch. Mus. 

 Paris, 4th ser. i. 1899, pp. 221-296, pis. ix., x. 

 Part ii. Ibid. v. 1903, pp. 1-94, pis. i.-viii. 



^ This work we have quoted for the sake of brevity as 

 '^ Oustalet.'' 



Ogilvie-Grant, W. R.— Description of Three new Birds 

 from Annam, collected by Dr. J. J. Vassal. Bull. Brit. 

 Orn. Club, xix. 1906, pp. L2-13, 



KuKODA, N. — A Collection of Birds from Tonkin. Annot. 

 Zool. Japon. ix. 1917, pp. 217-254. 



