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248 quaf. — Sitta magna, IF. Ramsay. Descr. S. P., V., 

 343. 



Obtained by some member of the recent Karennee boundary 

 expedition ; probably hardly occurs within even the Avide limits 

 now assigned officially to Tenasserim. Note that the bird describ- 

 ed was a female and not a male as misprinted in the P. Z. S., 



1876,677. 



250 bis.— Sitta neglecta, Wald. (7). Descr. S. E., III. 



88. 



(Tonghoo, Karennee, Earns ) Dargwin ; Head waters of Thong Yen; Kan- 

 karjit, Houngthraw R- ; Larthorgeo ; E-poo. 



Confined to the dry forests of the northern aud central portions 

 of the province, and rather rare even there. 



[I have only met with this in the deciduous-leaved Dillenia 

 forests, between Kaukary it on the Houngthraw river, and the base 

 of the northern spurs of Mooleyit ; but I obtained a specimen 

 once (in the flesh) from a Burman said to have been shot some- 

 where near Dargwin. It is usually seen in pairs, and has the 



same note and habits as our common Himalayan Nuthatches 



W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c, of five males and two 

 females : — 



Males. — Length, 5-6 to 5 -8 ; expanse, 9*5 to 10*1 ; tail from 

 vent, 1 6 to 1'8 ; wing, 3-05 to 33 ; tarsus, 0*7 ; bill from o> a pe 

 0-85 to 0-88; weight, 062 to 07oz. & ' 



Females. — Length, 5'6 ; expanse, 9'6to«9 , 8; tail from vent 

 1*6 to 1-65, wing, 3*1 to 3-15 ; tarsus, 07 to 075 ; bill from <n X pe' 

 0-8 to 0-91 ; weight, 0-63 oz. b ' 



Legs and feet deep greenish plumbeous, or greenish black; up- 

 per mandible tip and edge of lower mandible, along commissure 

 black; rest of bill plumbeous ; irides deep brown. 



253.— Dendrophila frontalis, Horsf. (25). 



(Tonghoo, Karennee, Rams.) Pine forests, Sal ween ; Kyouk-nyat ; Dargwin; 

 alipoon ; Sal ween R- ; n 

 Yea ; Meeta Myo ; Choun 



Pahpoon ; Salween R. ; Thntone ; Wiinpong; Kanee ; Ngabeeiuah ; Meetan • 

 ngthapee; Pakchan ; Bankasoon. 



Common everywhere throughout the province, but does not 

 ascend above 4,500—5,000 feet. 



[The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch ranges through the entire extent 

 of Tenasserim ; but is nowhere seen in such numbers as in the Nil- 

 gheris and other places in Southern India. I have shot speci- 

 men from Pahpoon to the Pakchan which resembles each other 

 precisely. They frequent both dense and deciduous forests, 

 usually in small parties of four or more, sometimes singly 



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