140 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM, 



[Habits, voice, &c., as in preceding. — W. D.] 



184.— Tiga javanensis, Ljungh. (69). 



{Tonghoo, Uarennee, Rams.) Kyouk-nyat ; PahpoOn ; Salween R. ; Thatone ', 

 Wimpong ; Pabyouk ; Kokbaing ; Karope ; Amherst ; Yea ; Meeta Myo ; Tavoy ; 

 Shymotee ; Uslieetherrpone ; Mergui ; Tenasserim Town ; Pakchan ; Banka- 

 soon ; Malewoon. 



Common to a degree throughout the province, but not ascend- 

 ing to elevations above 3,500 feet. 



[Decidedly the most common Woodpecker in Tenasserim, oc- 

 curring from the extreme north to the extreme south, and equally 

 abundant everywhere and in all sorts of localities where there 

 are any trees, big or small. It is found singly or in pairs. Its 

 note is similar to that of C. sultaneus but not so harsh. — W. D.] 



I have already pointed out that T. rubropygialis, Malh., and 

 T. intermedins, Bly., are not in my opinion separable (S. F., III., 

 328; IV., 390). Sumatran and Malayan speciieaens (and Lord 

 Tweeddale says Javan also) though averaging perhaps slightly 

 smaller, are equally I think inseparable, and Ljungh's name 

 dating from 1797 must therefore be adopted. 



185 &/s.— Gauropicoides rafflesii, Tig. (14). 



Tlienganee Sakan ; Bankasoon. 



Confined to the dense evergreen forests along the bases of 

 the southern and central portions of the outer Tenasserim range. 



[A rare bird, met with only in the evergreen forests of the 

 extreme south of the province, and at the base of the Mooleyit 

 range. Its habits are just the same as that of the preceding 

 species (except that it keeps, as far as I have observed, entirely 

 to the forest, never coming into the clearings or open), and its 

 voice is hardly to be distinguished from it. 



I have seen this low down and even on fallen trees, but never 

 feeding on the ground. It is not shy. It is generally met with 

 in pairs, sometimes singly, never in parties. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c, recorded in the flesh : — 



Males.— Length, 124 to 12*7 ; expanse, 18*25 to 20; tail, 5 

 to 5"1 ; wing, 5-75 to 6'15 ; tarsus, 0*92 to TO; bill from gape, 

 1-4 to 1-65 ; weight, 4*25 to 5 ozs. 



Females. — Length,ll*4 to 12*25; expanse, 18"2 to 18*75, tail, 

 4*5 to 4*75 ; wing, 5*45 to 6-05 ; tarsus, 0*9 to 1*0; bill from gape, 

 1*45 to 1*6 ; weight, 3-5 to 5 ozs. 



Legs and feet dark green; claws dark plumbeous -irides deep 

 brown to deep brownish red ; upper mandible black or bluish ; 

 tip of lower mandible generally blackish ; rest of lower mandible 

 dark plumbeous to plumbeous blue iu different specimens. 



