300 BIRDS OF TENASSER1M. 



Legs and feet Very dark brown or deep plumbeous ; bill black ; 

 irides deep red brown. 



449 Ms.— Trachycomus ochrocephalus, Gm. (H). 

 Descr. S. F., I., 455. 



Mergui ; Bopyin ; Pakchan. 



Confined to the southernmost district of the province. 



[This species appears to avoid thickly-wooded country. At 

 Malewoon and Bankasoon, where the country is very thickly 

 wooded, I did not, as a rule, meet with it, but at Nalansine 

 especially, and along the banks of the Pakchan where these, 

 though devoid of heavy forest, were more or less thickly dotted 

 with bushes, it was far from uncommon. 



It usually keeps in small parties of from five to eight or so. 

 It is very garrulous, and keeps up a continuous chatter, but it also 

 has a song which, though only consisting of a few notes, is par- 

 ticularly rich and powerful. On Mergui Island I have observ- 

 ed and shot it about the scrub jungles and gardens. 



This species also feeds chiefly on berries, but also occasion- 

 ally on insects. On more than one occasion I have seen this 

 hopping about on the ground, which I have never seen any of 

 the forest Bulbuls do. It is not uncommon anywhere through- 

 out the western half, at any rate, of the Malay Peninsula, and 

 was common at Acheen. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c., recorded in the flesh 

 from a large series : — 



Length, 10'82 to 11*12; expanse, 14*62 to 15 "5 ; tail from 

 vent, 4-62 to 5*0 • wing, 4*55 to 4*8 ; tarsus, 0*95 to 1*2; bill from 

 gape, 1*1 to 1*25 ; weight, 30 to 3'25 ozs. 



Legs and feet dark horny brown or black ; bill black ; irides 

 pale or litharge red. 



451. — Griniger flaveolus, Gould. 



Blyth gives this species from Tenasserim, but he, doubtless, 

 referred to the nearly-allied G. griseiceps. 



451 bis.— Crimger griseiceps, Hume. (20). Descr. S. F., 

 I., 478. 



{TongTioo Hills, Karennee, Rams.) Pahpoon ; Kyouk-nyat j Thenganee Sakan; 

 Thoungsbeyen Sakan ; Assoon ; Meetan. 



Confined to the northern and central portions of the province, 

 and not ascending the hills to any great elevation. 



[This Bulbul is almost always found in small flocks, keeping, 

 as a rule, to the forest. It is very noisy ; they keep chattering and 

 chasing one another about from tree to tree, backwards and 



