AND SPECIALLY THOSE OF THE THOUNGYKEN VALLEY. 171 



Bill dark horny ; pale bluish at base of lower mandible ; 

 irides orange red ; legs, feet, and claws dark plumbeous. 



This species I have not yet met with in the Thoungyeen 

 valley. 



237 ter.— Dicaeum olivaceum, Walden. 



I got one specimen of this species at Maulmain, but have 

 seen it nowhere else. 



240 sext. — Prionochilus modestus, Hume. 



This species, hitherto only procured in Southern Tenasserim, 

 I found sparingly distributed in the Thoungyeen valley. 



A female (shot 27th November 1879,y on the Meplay choung, 

 measured in the flesh : — 



Length, 42 ; expanse, 7'5; wing, 2*39; tail, 1*17; tarsus, 

 0"5 ; bill from gape, 0'45. 



Bill horny, fleshy white at base of lower mandible ; gape 

 yellow ; irides yellowish brown ; legs, feet, and claws plumbeous 

 black. 



250 bis.^- Sitta neglecta, Wald. 



This Nuthatch is fairly common in the dry forests of the 

 Thoungyeen valley. 



A male, (shot 20th January 1880,) on theThekkaya choung, 

 measured : — 



Length, 5-8; expanse, lO'O ; wing, 31; tail, -1*8; tarsus, 

 0-65 ; bill from gape, 0-89. 



Bill and legs dark horny ; feet dirty brown ; claws horny ; 

 irides dark brown. 



253.— Dendrophila frontalis, Horsf. 



Fairly common in the Thoungyeen valley. 



On the 18th February I found a nest in a hole in a branch 

 of a Pynkado tree {Xylia dolabriformis), but I was too early 

 for eggs. 



254 bis.— Upupa longirostris, Jerd. 



Common in the dry forests of the Thoungyeen valley. 



260.— Lanius colluroides, Less. 



I got this at Maulmain (S. E, Vol. VI., p. 203,) and on the 

 4th March 1880 shot a female in dry Dillenia forest on the 

 Thekkaya choung, Thoungyeen river. This measured in the 

 flesh :— 



Length, 7"55 ; expanse, 10*8 ; wing, 3*3 ; tail from vent, 

 3*4 ; tarsus, 092 ; bill from gape, 0"98. 



