AND SPECIALLY THOSE OF THE THOUNGYEEN VALLEY. 189 



586.— Henicurus schistaceus, Hodgs. 



From east of Tounjah, on the road from Kaukarit to 

 Meeawuddy, to the foot of the hills on the Thoungyeen side, 

 and along the whole valley of the Thoungyeen, this handsome 

 Fork-tail is to be found frequenting the banks of every stream 

 almost. Elsewhere I have not yet found it. 



Toiling along the steep ascents and descents on the road 

 from Kaukarit to Meeawuddy on the Thoungyeen river, on the 

 1st March, I came to a small stream, rocky and covered with 

 boulders. As I wished to get a few Fork-tails for my collection, 

 I approached cautiously. On the left I could see nothing. 

 On the right — yes, there hopping out from under a falleu log, 

 was a specimen of H. schistaceus. Next moment I had rolled 

 it over, and secured the body as it came floating down the 

 stream. With some trouble I worked my way up to the fallen 

 tree, and after a good hunt succeeded in finding the nest, 

 beautifully concealed in a crevice between the roots on the 

 underside of the tree. Nest made of moss felted together into 

 a cup about 2 inches deep and the same in diameter, lined with 

 the skeletons of peepul leaves, and containing three slightly 

 set bluntish oval eggs, pure dead white, sparsely speckled and 

 spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with pale brown. 



On the 13th March, lower down in the valley of the Meplay 

 river, a feeder of the Thoungyeen, I found a second nest, 

 similarly wedged into the crevices of the roots of a fallen tree, 

 in a little rocky stream. Nest, not two pins different to the 

 last one, contained three unfledged young ones. Two of the 

 eggs taken as above described, measured 0'87 x 0*62 and 

 0*85 % 063, respectively. 



590. — Motacilla leucopsis, Gould. 

 591 quat. — Motacilla ocularis, Swinh. 

 592.— Calobates melanope, Pall. 

 593.— Budytes cinereocapilla, SavL 



I have shot these four species of Wagtails in the Thoungyeen 

 valley which they visit in the winter, in common with other 

 parts of the country. 



595.— Limonidromus indicus, Gm. 



A permanent resident, to the best of my belief, throughout 

 the Thoungyeen valley, as it seems to be iu the province. ° 



