286 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM; 



any of the Pomatorhini,) on which the second bird returned 

 and began to dance round me on the ground, with its tail spread 

 like a fan, and its wings lowered to the ground, almost touching 

 my feet, and hooting away all the time, making a tremendous 

 row. This continued for fully five minutes, when having disposed 

 of the first, I got a small cartridge into my gun, slipped back 

 and shot it also. It proved to be the male ; but this was in 

 February, and neither bird showed any signs of the approach of 

 the breeding season. Their food seems to be exclusively insects 

 of all kinds, ants and huge wood lice as long as your 

 finger. Compared with those of the Pomatorhini, their bills 

 are really, as Tickell pointed out, soft and rounded ; espe- 

 cially towards the base they are very soft. — W. D.] 



As far as I can make out, Major God. -Austen, in his recent 

 remarks (Pr., A. S. B., June 1877,) on this sub-group, admits 

 the distinctness of this species, but disputes that of 0. inglisi. 

 He may, however, I think, for the present assume that both are 

 equally distinct from the true hypoleucus of Arakan, though all 

 three are doubtless Orthorhini, and merely local representative 

 species. 



The following are the dimensions recorded in the flesh of three 

 males and two females : — 



Males. — Length, 11*35 to 12*0; expanse, 13*5 to 14*0; tail 

 from vent, 4'3 to 4*35 ; wing, 4"28 to 4'5 ; tarsus, 1*6 to 1*62 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*75 to 1*9 ; weight, 4 ozs. 



Females. — Length, 10 "2 5 to 11*1 ; expanse, 12*75 to 13*5 ; 

 tail from vent, 3"9 to 4*0 ; wing, 3*9 to 4*28; tarsus, 1*6 ; bill 

 from gape, 1*55 to 1*82 ; weight, 2*75 to 35 ozs. 



The legs and feet and claws varied a good deal, pale bluish 

 green, very pale brown, and pale whitish blue; the upper 

 mandible pale brown ; the lower mandible pale whitish blue ; 

 irides pale to dark brown and brownish red ; naked patch 

 behind eye flesh color, more or less strongly tinged blue. 



407 bis.— Garrulax belangeri, Less. (54). Descr. 

 S. F., III., 122. 



(Tongfioo, Rams.) Pahpoon ; SalweenR. ; Theinzeik ; Thatone ; Wimpong; 

 Kaukaryit, Houngthraw B>. ; Khayin ; Topee ; Moulinein ; Kolibaing ; Yea-boo ; 

 Paradubaj Meetan ; Amherst ; Tavoy. 



Common, except in quite the higher hills, throughout the 

 northern and central portions of the province. 



[This species always goes about in flocks of from ten to 

 thirty or more, and forms one of the most characteristic fea- 

 tures of bird-life in Burma, where it occurs. This is at any 

 rate as far south as Shymootee in the Tavoy district ; neither 

 this nor any other true Babbler, so far as I am aware, occurs 



