( '9 ) 

 THE WHITE EYED TITS. 



Are small tit-like birds about four inches in length, their upper 

 plumage a bright olive-green turning almost to yellow, and lower 

 parts bright yellow ; a noticeable ring of small white feathers 

 encircles the eye. One or other of the family is found in most parts 

 of Burma, as several are recorded from this Province, and only vary 

 in the amount of green and yellow in their plumage. They are 

 generally seen going about in small parties searching the leaves of 

 trees for insects and have pleasing twittering notes. They build 

 beautiful little cradle-like nests suspended between small twigs; and 

 lay two small pale blue eggs. 



(No. 226. Zosterops palpebrosa ) 



THE SILVER-EARED MESIA. 



Is one of our handsomest small birds, being found in all hill 

 districts. During the breeding season it utters its loud monotonous 

 call throughout the day, a call well conveyed by its Kachin name of 

 " Che-roy-che-rit." Its head is a glossy black, ear-coverts and 

 cheeks bright silver, throat and breast rich orange, shading to yellow 

 on the under part> ; back a soft slate-grey, its wings conspicuously 

 patched with crimson. It builds a nest of two different types, one 

 suspended between twigs composed entirely of bambDO leaves, the 

 other made of moss, etc., placed in the fork of a bush. It lays two or 

 three pale blue eggs with red spots. 



We have now come to an end of the commoner crateropodidae or 

 babblers found in Burma. It is a very large family and contains 

 more than 250 species recorded from India, Ceylon and Burma, the 

 latter Province being very \\ell represented, consequently a large 

 number have been omitted. I have restricted myself to only the 

 common or more conspicuous birds, and my hope is that these rough 

 notes may encourage others to take an interest in our commonest 

 birds, for it is astonishing what a number of birds there are about 

 if one only takes the trouble to look. 



VII 



WARBLERS. 



Warblers are large family of small birds, most of which are, 

 however, migratory, and therefore only met with during the dry 

 season. They are, with few exceptions, birds of a dull cr plain 

 plumage ; and their young are remarkable fcr being mere highly 

 coloured than their parents. 



Out of more than one hundred species mentioned in the Fauna of 

 India, over fifty have been recorded from Burma. A few are perma- 

 nent residents, some of them, being very common indeed, 



