552 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON BIRDS FROM TENASSERIM. [Nov. 22, 



on the authority of the date cited by Dr. Jerdon. Sumatran speci- 

 mens have yet to be compared with continental, and if found to be 

 specially distinct will have to take Lafresnaye's title of favo-cristatus. 

 Prince Bonaparte ('Conspectus') keeps the two separate, but gives no 

 other distinction than that of size, Hodgson's species being, accord- 

 ing to the Prince, the smallest. However, this statement is not quite 

 reliable, for the Prince records them both from the Himalayas. 



31. Munia acuticauda, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. 1836, p. 153. 



No. 67, d . Moulmein. 



A larger bird than Darjeeling specimens in my collection. Bill 

 stouter and longer ; colouring much deeper. Above not to be di- 

 stinguished from Malabar specimens of M. striata, (Linn.), but 

 wanting the uniform deep-brown breast and pure-white belly of that 

 species. Formosan specimens agree much better with the Hima- 

 layan race. 



32. Munia undulata, (Lath.). 



Loxia undulata, Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. p. 387. 



Nos. 30, 31, 50. Moulmein ; Schouay Goon, Salween River. 



" Irides dark sienna ; legs light violet ; beak plumbeous, and eye- 

 lids the same. Common along the banks of the Salween River. 

 Th6rza or Tow-za, Burmese, i. e. Jungle-Sparrow." The continental 

 race is considered by Horsfield and Moore as distinguishable from the 

 Javan bird {Loxia punctularia, Linn., =F. risoria, Temm.) by the 

 whitish grey on the rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail of the Javan 

 race being exchanged for glistening fulvous in the continental species. 

 From want of authentic Javan specimens I am unable to confirm this 

 opinion ; but a Flores specimen in my collection has the upper tail- 

 coverts and margins of the rectrices glistening fulvous as in the In- 

 dian race, but of a paler hue. It is also a smaller bird than these 

 Tenasserim specimens. 



33. Crypsirhina varians, (Lath.). 



Corvus varians, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. 1790, p. 26. 



Nos. 61, J , 47,2 . Moulmein. 



" Tolerably common in the neighbourhood of Moulmein, frequent- 

 ing large trees in parties of seven or eight. Has a rather harsh call. 

 Irides bright blue 1 " The sexes do not appear to differ. Compared 

 with a Javan specimen I can detect no further distinction than in the 

 greater lustre of the Java bird's plumage. The dimensions are equal. 

 It has not been discovered lower in the Malay countries than Mergui. 



34. Acridotheres fuscus, ("Wagler). 



Pastor fuscus, Wagler, Syst. Av. 1827. sp. 6. 



No. 75, c? • Moulmein. 



" Irides bright yellow ; bill and legs bright yellow, the former with 

 a bluish-green tinge at base of lower mandible." Tenasserim indi- 

 viduals are regarded by Mr. Blyth as identical with those inhabiting 



