168 ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENASSERIM 



dense evergreen forests of the Thoungyeen. A fine male 

 I shot 23rd February 1880 measured in the flesh : — Length, 

 7-2; expanse, 13'0 ; wing, 4'37; tail, 3*0; tarsus, 0*6; bill 

 from gape, - 9. 



Bill tipped horny, remainder yellowish; gape and 

 eyelids vermilion red ; irides brick red ; legs, feet, and 

 claws black. It is not quite in the fullest plumage the beauti- 

 ful emerald green not descending unbroken as far down on 

 the breast and fore-part of stomach as it does in very 

 old birds ; the feathers of these parts being still edged with 

 white. 



? 211 quat.— Chrysococcyx limborgi, (?) Wald. 



I put a specimen obtained on the 7th March 1880 on the 

 Meplay choung doubtfully down as the present species. 

 It is identical with one so ticketed in Mr. Hume's museum ; 

 but then both birds want the distinct broad white nuchal 

 collar, (although exhibiting apparently indications of it), and 

 this (collar) seems the distinguishing mark of limborgi* 



My bird, a female, measured in the flesh : — Length, 7*05 ; ex- 

 panse, 12*60; wing, 4"27; tail, 3*3; tarsus, 0*52; bill from 

 gape, 0*84 



Bill, legs, and feet greenish brown ; gape, edges of eyelids, 

 and inside of mouth, orange vermilion ; irides brownish 

 red ; claws horny. 



214 bis.— Eudynamys malayana, Cab. and Rein. 



This species is found, though not very common, in the 

 Thoungyeen valley, during March, April, and May. Its call 

 is the same as that cf the better known konorata. A superb 

 pair in my collection measured in the flesh :— 



Male. — Length, 16*7 ; expanse, 24"9 ; wing, 7*9 ; tail from 

 vent, 4 - 2 ; tarsus, 1*5 ; bill from gape, T68. 



Female. — Length, 17*0 ; expanse, 25*3 ; wing, 8*25 ; tail 

 from vent, 10*5 ; tarsus, 1*5 ; bill from gape, 1*58. 



In both the irides were crimson ; bill pale horny green ; 

 legs and feet plumbeous ; claws horny. 



215— Rhopodytes tristis, Less. 



A common bird in the Thoungyeen valley. The fol- 

 lowing is a note of finding its nest and eggs that I recorded 

 long ago : — 



On the 13th March I found a nest of the long-tailed 

 Malkoha near Poodeesaki village in the Meplay forest, 



* Until more specimens are obtained it must remain doubtful whether this is a 

 good species or a mere accidental variety. 



