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Females. — Length, 120 to 12-25 ; expanse, 18-75 to 19; tail 

 from vent, 5'0 to 5-75 ; wing, 6'25. 



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



287. — Artamus fuscus, Vieill. (2). 



(Tonghoo, Karen Hills, Rams.) Amherst. 



Only occurs as a rare straggler in Tenasserim proper. 



[I never once saw the bird during more than four years in 

 Tenasserim, but Dr. Armstrong shot and sent us specimens 

 from Amherst. — W. D.] 



289.— Muscipeta affinis, Hay. (34). S. E, III., 102. 



(Karen Hills, Rams.) Mooleyit ; Laynali ; Ohoungthanoung ; Pakchan ; Palaw- 

 ton-ton ; Bankasoon ; Malewoon. 



Apparently confined to the evergreen forests of the southern 

 and central sections of the province, but reappearing iu the 

 Karen Hills. 



Note that the specimen entered in one of my former lists 

 as M. paradisi proves on careful re-examination to be referable 

 rather to M affinis. 



[This species was not uncommon in the forests of the south- 

 ern portion of the province. I met with them singly, or in 

 pairs. Their note is very similar to that of Myiagra azurea, 

 but louder and harsher. Three males that I obtained, one in 

 the white, and two in the chestnut garb, had the eye surrounded 

 by a thick fleshy scalloped ring from 0'06 to 0-1 in width, 

 of a bright smalt blue, a brighter and clearer blue even than 

 that of the bill. Numerous other specimens had not this ring. 

 It was, I should say, seasonal, as these birds were obtained 

 in March, April and May, while others killed in November, 

 December and January were without it. Dr. Jerdon says 

 nothing about the existence of this ring in either the present or 

 Southern Indian species. — W. D.] 



289 ter. — Philentoma pyrrhopterum, Tern. (9). 



Bankasoon ; Malewoon. 



Confined entirely to the extreme south of the province. 



[This specie? appears to occur only in the evergreen forests 

 of the extreme south, about Bankasoon and Malewoon, though 

 I saw one specimen at Laynah. Its habits are similar to 

 that of the next species, but its note more resembles that of 

 Hypothymis azurea. It is a true Flycatcher, not at all wary or 

 shy, catching its food entirely on the wing, and never descend- 

 ing to the £ .mind. — W. D.] 



