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ground. It is very shy, and after one shot very difficult to 

 come up with again. — W. D.] 



I still consider the Siamese G. erythropygins, Elliot, Nouv. 

 Arch., 1866, Bull. p. 76, recognizably distinct ; but a comparison 

 of more specimens from Siam may disprove this view, in 

 which case our bird must take my friend Mr. Elliot's name. 



The following are dimensions, &c, of a large series recorded in 

 the flesh : — 



Males.— Length, 1282 to 13'3 ; expanse, 19*5 to 20*5; tail 

 from vent, 4-8 to 56 ; wing, 6-25 to 6'45 ; tarsus, 1*15 to 1-25 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*6 to 1'75 ; weight, 5*5 to 6*0 oz. 



Females. — Length, 12-25 to 13-25 ; expanse, 18*25 to 20*25 ; 

 tail from vent, 46 to 5*5 ; wing, 6*0 to 6 "4; tarsus, 1*1 to 1*2; 

 bill from gape, 1*45 to 1*6 ; weight, 4*75 to 5 ozs. 



Legs and feet dirty brownish or plumbeous green ; bill dark 

 horny brown or blackish, yellowish at base of lower mandible ; 

 hides pale to bright gamboge yellow. 



172.— G-ecinus occipitalis, Vig. (19). 



{TongTioo, Rams.) Dargwin ; Pahpoon ; Sinzaway ; Myawadee; Kanee ; 

 Pabyouk ; Kohbaing ; Paraduba ; Amherat ; Meeta Myo. 



Confined to the northern and central portions of the 

 province. 



[This species is nowhere common. I have not observed it 

 anywhere south of Tavoy. It is most frequently seen in the 

 immediate vicinity of Pahpoon, but does not ascend the hills 

 to the north of that place for any distance. 



It is a bird of the thin forests, bamboo jungles, and clearino-s, 

 too well known to call for further remark. — W. D.] 



173.— Chrysophlegma flavinucha, Gould. (16). 



{Karen Hills, Tonghoo, Rams.) Kollidoo ; Kyouk-nyat ; Pahpoon ; Younzaleen 

 Creek ; 1'h.utone ; Wimpong ; Myawadee ; Megaloon; Larfchorgee. 



Confined to the low hills and their neighbourhood in the 

 northern and central portions of the province. 



[This species generally goes about in pairs; it keeps to 

 clearings and thin forest ; feeds a great deal on the ground ; 

 very rarely to be seen high upon trees. It is nowhere common 

 in Tenasserim, though at the same time it is not rare. It does 

 not appear to get down as far south as Meetan. 



I got one specimen of this, which had obviously been well 

 grilled in some jungle fire some little time previously, and yet, 

 strange to say, seemed in very good condition ; the upper mandi- 

 ble had been nearly entirely destroyed, the toes and claws were 

 burnt off, and the quills were chiefly siuged away, and yet the 

 bird was well and hearty. This could only have happened in the 

 case of a ground-feeding Woodpecker. — W. !>.] 



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