312 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



452 ocL— Ixus brunneus, Blyth. (14). 



Pabyin ; Shymootee ; Mergui ; Tenasserim Town $ Hankachin ; Bahonee ; 

 Pakchan ; Bankasoon. 



Sparingly distributed in well-wooded tracts, throughout the 

 province south of Tavoy. 



[Precisely resembles the preceding species in habits and 

 note. -W. D.J 



The following are the dimensions recorded in the flesh from 

 numerous specimens : — 



Length, 6-8 to 7'5 ; expanse, 9'5 to 10-5 ; tail, 278 to 3'27 ; 

 wing, 2-8 to 3*4; tarsus, 0-65 to 0*75 ; bill from gape, 0*75 to 

 0-82 ; bill from forehead, 0'63 to 0-73 ; weight, 1 oz. 



The legs and feet are fleshy or reddish brown ; in some 

 lighter, in some darker ; the upper mandible dark horny brown ; 

 the lower mandible somewhat paler ; the irides vary, orange 

 red, pale red, whitey pink. 



The entire upper surface a nearly uniform brown, with an 

 olivaceous shade ; the rump slightly brighter coloured ; the 

 wings and tail feathers hair brown, the latter margined, chiefly 

 towards their bases, with very dull greenish olivaceous ; the 

 lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of the neck and breast much the 

 same colour as the upper parts, but rather paler and browner ; 

 the chin and throat brownish white ; breast greyish brown ; 

 feathers a little streaked with yellowish fulvescent ; abdomen 

 paler and generally a good deal intermingled with creamy 

 yellow ; sides and flanks a darker somewhat olivaceous brown ; 

 lower tail-coverts pale grey brown, broadly fringed with very 

 pale buffy yellow ; wing-lining very pale dingy buffy yellow. 



452 nov— Ixos pusillus, Salvad. (6). ? Microtarsus 

 olivaceus, Moore. 



Pakchan ; Bankasoon. 



Entirely confined to the neighbourhood of the Pakchan, and 

 even there very rare. 



[Precisely similar to the two preceding, in habits and voice, 

 indeed only to be distinguished from both these, until shot, by 

 the bright orange red ophthalmic ring, which is extremely con- 

 spicuous. — W. D.] 



Count Salvadori described this species (Uccelli di Borneo, 

 200, 1874,) in the following terms : — 



Smaller, above fuscous olivaceous; head darker; beneath 

 paler, throat scarcely whitish ; the middle of the abdomen and 

 under wing-coverts whitish, a little tinged with yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts somewhat greenish ; irides red ; bill and feet dusky. 



"Total length, 6'92 ; wing, 2 '95 ; tail, 2'51; bill, 045; 

 tarsus 0-67/' 



