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so I marked the spot and went on. Returning back the same 

 way just before dusk, I managed to start her again, and to 

 get a hurried shot ; she fell and I secured and recognized her 

 as P. olivaceus. 



405 quat.— Orthorhinus tickelli, Hume. 



This is another species that, to the best of my belief, follows 

 the line of the Dawna mountains and its spurs to as far as 

 the mouth of the Thoungyeen at any rate. 



Male. — Length, 11*2; expanse, 13*0; wing, 4 '42; tail, 

 430; tarsus, 15 ; bill from gape, 1'78. 



Bill dark slaty brown, blackish at base of upper mandible ; 

 irides deep brown ; legs and feet fleshy slaty ; claws horny. 



Female. — Length, 1T4 ; expanse, 135; wing, 4'2 ; tail, 

 4 - 2 ; tarsus, 1*6 ; bill from gape, 1*63. 



Bill light slaty brown ; irides dark red ; legs and feet fleshy 

 slaty ; claws horny. 



A young female, shot on the 8th February 1880 on the 

 Queebaw chonng, a feeder of the Meplay, exactly resembles 

 the old birds in plumage, but differs extraordinarily in length 

 of bill; this, measuring straight from gape to poiut, only 1*3 

 inches. 



407 bis. — Garrulax belangeri, Less. 



Common in the Thoungyeen valley as elsewhere. 



408 ter.— Garrulax chinensis, Scop. 



This species is, as far as I know, rare in the Thoungyeen 

 valley. I have only once come across a flock, and that was 

 in October, on the Thablooko choung near Kyonkhet on the 

 Thoungyeen river. 



412. — Garrulax pectoralis, Gould. 

 413—- Garrulax moniliger, Rodgs. 



These two species are very apt to be confounded as they 

 nearly always go about in parties together and have the same 

 note and habits. I have observed, however, that pectoralis 

 is not only a much more silent bird, but is perhaps partially 

 migratory, which moniliger certainly is not. I found the 

 former much commoner during the rains, both at Kaukarit and 

 in the Thoungyeen valley than at other seasons. 



Both are to be found in the Thoungyeen. 



446 Ms.— Hypsipetes concolor, Blyth. 



I have found this bird rare in the Thoungyeen. As far as 

 I know it keeps to the sides of the Dawna mountains and 

 never descends into the plains country. 



