190 ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENASSERIM 



596.— Pipastes maculatus, Eodgs: 



A rare winter visitant to the Thoungyeen. Elsewhere during 

 that season it occurs more abundantly. 



597.— Corydalla richardi, Vieill. 



A winter visitant. It arrives in great numbers in October 

 and November. I shot one once on the Thoungyeen river in 

 dense evergreen jungle, when my attention was attracted to 

 the bird by its running in and out among the undergrowth like 

 a mouse. It was neither a sick nor a wounded bird as far as 

 I could make out. 



600.— Corydalla rufula, Vieill. 



Common alike in the Thoungyeen valley, and in the plains 

 country to the west of the Dawua, but far more plentiful in 

 the latter. It is a permanent resident. 



605 bis. — Anthus cervinus, Fall. 



I have found this in flocks in April, going west, both on the 

 Houndraw and in the Thoungyeen valley. 



630— Herpornis xantholeucus, Eodgs. 



This, a busy restless little bird, is very common in the 

 Thoungyeen valley. Elsewhere I have only seen it on the 

 Yoonzaleen choung. 



650.— Melanochlora sultanea, Eodgs. 



I have found this common in all the well-wooded parts of 

 the country, especially in the Thoungyeen valley. 



On the 25th March 1880, near Meeawuddy, I saw two of 

 these birds enter a hole in the decayed branch of a Zimbun tree 

 ( Dillenia pentagyna), but in cutting it open I found nothing. 

 I cannot say whether they intended laying their eggs there or 

 not. There was no semblance of a nest. 



660.— Corvus macrorhynchus, Wagler. 



This bird seems scattered through the length and breadth of 

 the land, but is seldom seen in greater numbers than two or 

 three together. It is comparatively common in the Thoun- 

 gyeen valley. 



663 bis.— Corvus insolens, Eume. 



Very common at Maulmain. Some have penetrated to 

 Kaukarit, and a few stragglers have reached Meeawuddy even, 

 but the species is a pure town bird, and never found iu the 

 forests as a rule. 



