BIRDS OP TENASSERIM. 257 



This species is extremely like dauma, but is decidedly larger. 



I give the measurements from the skins of the two Tenasserim 



specimens aud of varia : — 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill at front. 

 O. varia, male 12 6-6 5'2 14 1'2 



O. dauma, female ll'O 5 55 4 4 135 J/15 



„ male 113 5 55 4 3 1-3 122 



The bird, therefore, has a much longer wing and tail. As- re- 

 gards the plumage, that of my specimen of varia is absolutely 

 identical, as far as I can see, with, some Himalayan specimens. 



In the shape of the wing, I notice a slight difference ; in dauma 

 it appears to me that the 3rd and 4th quills are sub-equal and 

 longest, 2nd and 5th about equal ; in my specimen of varia the 

 3rd is longest, and the 2nd and 4th are equal. 



The wing is in fact altogether more pointed. The point of 

 the wing, i.e., the distance by which the longest primary exceeds 

 the secondaries, being 2*4 in varia, against about 1*9 in 

 dauma. 



Then the tail is more rounded ; in varii, the outermost tail- 

 feather is 0*7 shorter than the longest: in dauma it is about 0*4 

 shorter. 



And now comes the most astounding difference, to which Mr. 

 Brooks first drew my attention, though who the original dis- 

 coverer may be I cannot say, and that is that varia has 

 fourteen tail-feathers, whereas dauma has of course only 

 twelve. 



374 — Paradoxornis gularis, Horsf* 



Another species obtained by Ramsay in Karennee, but not 

 yet seen elsewhere in Tenasserim, though likely to occur in the 

 cold season, as in Cachar and Sylhet, in grass jungles at the 

 bases of the mountains. 



375.— Paradoxornis ruficeps, Blyth. (1). 



(Karennee at 2,500 feet, Rams.) Pahpoon. 



Confined to quite the northern portions of the province, and 

 ■ very rare even there. 



[I only met with this reed bird on one occasion, a couple of 

 days' march north of Pahpoon. They consisted of a small party 

 of five or six in a thick clump of kine grass and reeds, about 

 and amongst which they were working much after the manner 

 of Timalia.—W. D.] 



The following are the dimensions and colors of the soft parts 

 of a male, recorded in the flesh : — 



Length, 7*4; expanse, 11*12; tail from vent, 3*75 ; wing, 

 3*55 ; tarsus, 1*1 ; bill from gape, 0*65 ; weight, 1*45 ozs. 



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