298 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



the following empirical table may assist in distinguishing 

 these : — 



( A. Pale striae not extend- ( Himalayas from Mus- 



Iing to crest; breast and j soorie eastward to 



sides of neck rusty tt m „„„i„7i„„j' rr«»=f J Suddya in Assam, 



ferruginous ... H ' maccMlandt, Horst.« E hasia, Tipperah 



shafted; wings ■{ I and Arracan Hills, 



and tail bright B. Pale striae extending to V. Southern China, 

 golden olive ... crest ; breast and sides 



of neck only faintly . , (Tenasserim Hills 



tinged rusty ... S. ticlcelli, Bly. ••• < at least as far south 



L as Tavoy. 



'0. Head unieolorous with _ . 



II. Feathers of back ... ... H. malaccensis, Bly. Tenasserim Hills, 



head uniform ; south of Mergui, 



wings and tail D. Head differently co- Malay Peninsula, 



brown, margin- ■{ lored from back— Sumatra, Borneo. 



ed or suffused j o. with an ashy 



with olive I shade on crown H. virescens, Tem. Java. 



green ... I 6. with dark brown 



C crown ... H. nicobariensis, Moore. Nicobars. 



There is another nearly allied species from the Phillipines, 

 (non vidi) and, I dare say, others. 



447 ter.— Hypsipetes malaccensis, Blyfh. (5). 



Tenasserim Town; Pakchan ; Bankasoon. 



Confined to the forests on or at the base of the hills south 

 of Mergui. 



[Precisely similar in habits and notes to the preceding ; 

 comparatively rare in Tenasserim, but very common further 

 south, where I have procured many, quite down to the southern- 

 most extremity of the province. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c, recorded in the flesh :— 



ilfaZe*.— Length, 8 ! 95 to 915; expanse, 13-1 to 132; tail 

 from vent, 3*55 to 3'75 ; wing, 4*3 to 4'5 ; tarsus, 0"65 to 07 ; bill 

 from gape, 1*1 to 1-15; weight, 1*5 oz. 



Females. — Length, 8*75 ; expanse, 12*5 to 12-75 ; tail from vent, 

 8-55 to 3-6 ; wing, 4-05 to 4-12 ; tarsus, 07; bill from gape, 1*15 to 

 1-25 ; weight, 1-25 to 1-4 oz. 



Legs and feet pinkish brown to reddish brown ; bill horny 

 brown, or very dark horny brown ; in one the upper mandible 

 was black, the lower reddish horny ; irides mahogany brown to 

 litharge red. 



Entire upper surface a dull olive green, rather greener in some, 

 rather browner in others ; wings and tail dull hair brown ; all the 

 feathers of the former margined more or less everywhere on their 

 outer webs with dull olive green, and the latter with the feathers 

 similarly margined towards their bases ; lores grey brown or mouse 

 brown ; cheeks and ear-coverts pale brown, more or less distinctly 

 pale shafted, and more or less tinged or overlaid, especially 

 towards the tips of the ear-coverts with the color of the head ; 

 chin, throat, feathers at the base of the lower mandible, and breast 



