STRAY FEATHERS. 



Vol. II.] OCTOBER, 1874. [No. 6. 



% first gist of tlje §uls of tljc foassVnm frobiitccs. 



Mr. Davison and my whole staff have been, for some nine 

 months now, working in Tenasserim. 



They have only in this period succeeded in exploring, and 

 that not nearly so thoroughly as Mr. Davison would have 

 desired, the northern half of these provinces, from Pah-chaun to 

 Tavoy, and at least another twelve months and perhaps a still 

 longer period must expire before we shall be in a position to 

 give anything like a complete account of the Avifauna of Tenas^ 

 serim. 



In the meantime a list, as complete as I can now make it, 

 of the species which occur in the province will, I am assured, 

 be very acceptable to many interested in questions of distri- 

 bution. 



We obtained altogether 2,750 specimens, representing 324 

 species. These will be found printed in ordinary type in the 

 following list. Besides these there are 107 other species which 

 I have good reason to believe occur in Tenasserim; some* were 

 seen or even shot, but not preserved, others, though not met 

 with by Davison, have been sent me thence previously, while of 

 others, specimens obtained in Tenasserim are in the Indian 

 Museum, here or at home. These species are entered in the list in 

 italics. Altogether the list, still unquestionably miserably im- 

 perfect, contains 431 species : opposite each species of which 

 we actually preserved specimens (and all these are printed in 

 ordinary type), I have noted (unless the distribution of the 

 species was general) the places at or near which the specimens 

 preserved were obtained, and I give a small sketch map in 

 which all the places so referred to are duly entered, their 

 names, in order to catch the eye more readily, being underlined. 



I have added a few remarks here and there in cases in which 

 I thought that doubts might arise as to the correctness of the 

 identification, &c. 



