192 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



through the Burmese countries and British Burma to Arracan, 

 Pegu, and the northern and central portions of Tenasserim, but 

 the river Yea appears to be here its absolute southern boundary, 

 beyond which Davison has never observed a single specimen. 



234 ter.— Arachnechthra flammaxillaris, Blyth. (41). 

 Dbsor. S. 1\ IV., 314. 



Sal ween R ; Wimpong ; Kanee ; Kaukaryit, Houngthraw R. ; Mesaloon ; 

 Moulmein ; Yea-boo ; Meetan ; Amherst ; Yea ; Pabyin ; Zadawoon ; Mergui ; 

 Kolan Island ; Tenasserim Town ; Ghoungthanoung ; Palaw-ton-ton ; Malewoon. 



Almost confined to the southern and central portions of the 

 province. Rare in the north. 



[At Mergui and alone- the coast to Malewoon it is extremely 

 abundant, at any rate in December and January, and it was 

 then in full breeding plumage. Like asiatica the males put off 

 the breeding plumage, and assume a dress precisely similar to 

 that of the female, except in so far that they retain a gular 

 stripe. Specimens killed at the close of April had nearly com- 

 pleted the change. — W. D.] 



The exact limits of this species have yet to be defined. All 

 I can say certainly about it is that it occurs in Arracan south- 

 wards of Akyab, that it occurs in the southern half of Pegu, 

 in Central and Southern Tenasserim, and thence again along the 

 west coast of the Peninsula at Tonka and Peuang. Further 

 south than this I have not obtained it. 



Males measured. — Length, 4*4 to 4*5 ; expanse, 6*3 to 6 - 8 ; 

 tail from vent, 1*45 to 1*55 ; wing, 1*95 to 2*12; tarsus, 0*5 

 to 0'55 ; bill from gape, 7 to 0'8; weight, a little over, 0*25 

 oz. 



Females.— Length, 4*27 to 4*37 ; expanse, 6*25 to 6-5 ; tail 

 from vent, P3 to 1*45 ; wing, 2' to 2 - 05 ; tarsus, 0*45 to 0'5 ; 

 bill from gape, - 7 to 075. 



Legs, feet, bill and claws, black ; irides dark brown. 



236.— Dicseum cruentatum, Lin. (45). 



{Tonghoo, Rams.) Wimpong ; Kaukaryit, Houngthraw R. ; Thatone ; Moulmein ; 

 Monmenzeik ; Pabyouk ; Yea-boo ; Letet ; Karope ; Amherst ; Yea ; Meeta Myo ; 

 Taroy; Shymotee; Pabyin; Mergui; Patoi Is.; Tenasserim Town; Malewoon. 



Apparently confined in Tenasserim proper to the central and 

 southern portions of the province, but re-appearing again in the 

 extreme north. 



[From Moulmein to the Pakchan this is a common species 

 occurring in gardens, cocoanut plantations, scrub jungle, and 

 wherever there are any flowers. 



In habits this and the other species of Burman Flowerpeckers 

 quite resemble the Indian ones, D. concolor, and erythror- 

 hyncha. 



