A REVISED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. "Vli 



catalogue, now long in hand, appears, but I have added (the more 

 so as no two ornithologists now-a-days adopt precisely the same 

 arrangement, and nobody ever knows where to look for any species 

 in any other person's book) an alphabetical index of all the spe- 

 cies included in the list. 



This list includes altogether 721* species. Of these 580* have 

 been obtained by Davison or, one or other of our friends, and are 

 represented by specimens in our museum. The names of these 

 are printed in antique type. Of 89 species, although we have 

 failed to procure specimens, (they having for the most part only 

 occurred in Tonghoo, Karennee, and other similar northern 

 localities not visited by Davison) I accept the occurrence as 

 more or less well established. The names of these are printed id 

 ordinary type : 52 species I consider doubtful ; either I doubt 

 the validity of the species, or I doubt its occurrence. In each 

 case I have given my reasons for so doubting. The names of 

 these species are printed in italics. 



It will be observed that I thus at present only admit the oc- 

 currence of 669 species in the province as fairly established. 



There occur, so far as my present information goes, 45 species 

 in Pegu (including some that I reject as doubtful where Tenas- 

 serim is concerned), not accepted by me as occurring in Tenas- 

 serim, and again 57 species occur in Arakan, which do not, so far 

 as I yet know, occur either in Pegu or Tenasserim. This makes 

 the present Burmese total up to 77 If species, but as I remarked 



* Including four additional species included in " Addenda et Corrigenda." 

 + Blyth's list (as edited by Lord Walden, and enlarged by the incorporation of 

 over 40 species, first recorded from Burmah by myself in previous papers and lists) con- 

 tained 620 species, out of which 41 must be rejected as bad species, or as not occurring, 

 so far as we yet know, within the limits of British Burmah: Of these 41, four (marked 

 with a star) were entered on my authority. These 41 are as follow (I use the numbers 

 in Blyth's Catalogue) : — 



5. Paloeornis vibrisca. 



30. Teraspizias rhodogastra. 



59. Athene whitleyi. 



130. Sasia abnormis.* 



133. Hierococcyx varius. 



149. Centvopus rufipennis. 



150. Centropus eurycercus.* 

 156. Caprimulgus indicus. 

 165. Cypselus palmarum. 

 172. Pica media. 

 184. Acridotheres ginginianus. 

 188. Sturnopastor nigricollis. 

 193. Sturnia sinensis. 

 195. Calornis affinis. 

 202. Padda oryzivora. 

 204. Muniapunctularia. 

 206. Munia leuconota. 

 210. Passer assimilis. 

 247. Monticola saxatilis. 

 276. Cyornis tickelli. 

 294. Phylloscopus brunneus. 



This leaves 579 species in the Blyth and Walden list, which there are in almost every 



