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[I met with this bird at Pahpoon and the hills to* the north 

 of it, as far as the skirts of the pines. I also saw several indivi- 

 duals among' the kine grass between Thatone and the banks of 

 the Sittang. I did not meet with it elsewhere in Tenasserim. — 

 W. D.] 



260 ter.— Lanius colluroides, Less. (4). Descr. S. E., 

 III., 90. 



{TongTioo, Karennee, Rams.) Kollidoo ; Moulmein ; Amherst. 



A rather rare straggler to the northern and central portions 

 of the province. 



[I only met with this bird on one occasion, when I saw a pair 

 among some kine grass below Kollidoo, and secured the female, 

 which still showed signs of immaturity. — W. D.] 



Capt. Bingham procured a couple in Moulmein. 



The following are dimensions, &c, of an adult female mea- 

 sured in the flesh : — 



Length, 7*6 ; expanse, 10*7 ; tail from vent, 3*6 ; wing, 3"5 ; 

 tarsus, 093; bill from gape, 0*80. 



Bill dark horny; gape and base of lower mandible fleshy 

 white ; legs, feet, and claws black ; irides dark brown. 



Dr. Armstrong also sent me a specimen from Amherst. 



260 quat. — Lanius magnirostris, Less. (l). 



Bunkasoou. 



A rare straggler to the extreme south of the province. 



[Though very rare in Tenasserim I found this plentiful in 

 the Malay Peninsula. I observed nothing special in its habits. 

 It kept in open county and about cultivated lands in the neigh- 

 bourhood of villages, and comported itself precisely after the 

 manner of L. erythronotus.- — W. D.] 



We only secured one specimen, an old adult, of this species 

 in Tenasserim, but I am able to supply full dimensions and 

 description from specimens collected by Davison in the Malay- 

 an Peninsula. 



It is extraordinary how seldom adults are met with ; out of 

 over 30 specimens only 3 are really adult. 



The sexes do not differ perceptibly in dimensions or plumage. 



Length, 6'75 to 6'85 ; expanse, 10 to 10*5 ; tail from vent, 

 2-82 to 3-0; wing, 3'12 to 3-37; tarsus, 0'8to0 9; bill from 

 gape, 0*85 to 9"0; weight, just over 1 oz. 



Legs and feet pale plumbeous blue, lavender blue, sometimes 

 almost smalt blue ; irides deep brown ; edges of eyelids black ; 

 more or less of both mandibles pale plumbeous or pale dull 

 blue. 



The old adult has a narrow frontal band, a line over the eye, 

 a streak under the eye, and a broad patch behind the eye, 



