172 ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENASSERIM 



Bill horny ; gape fleshy white ; irides dark brown ; legs 

 plumbeous ; feet blackish. 



261.— Lanius cristatus, Lin. 



This Shrike comes as a mere straggler to the Thoungyeen 

 valley, frequenting open cultivation clearings, glades in the 

 forest and borders of quins. 



A very rufous female, shot 13th December 1879, on the 

 Meplay choung, measured in the flesh : — 



Length, 8'0 ; expanse, 11"8; wing, 3*61; tail, 3*6; tarsus, 

 1*1 ; bill from gape, 0*9. 



Bill horny ; base of lower mandible, gape and edges plum- 

 beous white ; irides brown ; legs and feet plumbeous ; claws 

 horny. 



263.— Tephrodornis pelvicus, Hodgs. 



This Woodshrike is very common in the Thoungyeen forests. 

 Specimens differ very much in shade and tiut of color inter se. 



267.— Hemipus picatus, Sykes. 



Occurs throughout the Thoungyeen valley. 



Male, (shot 28th March 1879, on the Meplay choung) mea- 

 sured : — Length, 5-6 ; expanse, 7*9; wing, 2'25 ; tail, 2*49; 

 tarsus, 0-45 ; bill from gape, 0*7. 



Bill, legs, feet, and claws black ; irides dark brown. 



Female (shot 12th December 1879, in the same locality) : — 

 Length, 5*55; expanse, 77; wing, 215 ^ tail, 2*4; tarsus, 0*45; 

 bill from gape, 0*68. Colors of the soft parts as in the male. 



269 bis.— Volvocivora intermedia, Hume. 



All the Thoungyeen specimens I have are clearly referable to 

 this race. 



A pair procured on the Meplay choung measured : — 



Male. — Length, 9*7 ; expanse, 14*7 ; wing, 4'87 ; tail, 4'55 ; 

 tarsus, 0*85 ; bill from gape, 1*0. 



Bill, legs, feet, and claws black ; irides nut brown. 



Female. — Length, 9*6 ; expanse, 14*5 ; wing, 4*8 ; tail, 4*5 ; 

 tarsus, 82 ; bill from gape, 1*0. Colors of the soft parts as in 

 the male. 



270.— Graucalus macii, Less. 



Common as this bird is on the west side of the Dawna, it is 

 rare and locally distributed in the Thoungyeen. Young birds 

 have the under surface much barred and spotted with brown, 



