328 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



twittering note very similar to that of Anthreptes malaccensis, 

 for which species I took it, judging from the note, as I could not 

 see the bird distinctly owing to the intervening foliage. I have 

 often seen the bird in the Malayan Peninsula, and there I found, 

 it, chiefly about low brushwood, and comporting itself in much 

 the same way as Iora typhia ; its note too was much the same ; the 

 food consists of insects. — W. D.] 



468 quint.— Ioralafresnayi, Hartl. (30). Descr- S- P., 

 V., 423. 



Mergui ; Bankasoon. 



Not very uncommon in the southernmost district of the pro- 

 vince. See further my remarks on this species, loc. cit. sup. 



[I found this species in Mergui frequenting gardens. It was 

 usually seen singly or in pairs, working about the tops of the 

 trees, and especially of the jack trees, (Artocarptis integrifolia) , 

 and occasionally uttering its fine whistling call, which is like that 

 of typhia, but richer and more powerful. At Bankasoon,', it occur- 

 red only in the forests or their outskirts. Its food, so far as my 

 observations go, consists entirely of insects. — W. D.] 



469.-— Irena puella, Lath. (90). 



{Tonghoo, Karennee Sills, Rams.) 20 miles north, of Pahpoon ; Thoungya Sakan ; 

 Myawadeo ; Moulrnein ; Meetan ; Karope ; Amberst ; Lemyne ; Yea ; Mergui j 

 Patoe Is. ; Tenasserim Town ; Bahonee ; Pakchan ; Bankasoon. 



Common throughout the evergreen forests of the province. 



[This is a bird entirely of the evergreen forests, and is 

 never, so far as I have observed, found in deciduous jungles. For 

 instance, up the Salween as far as Kaukaryit, to which the ever- 

 green forests extend, the bird occurs, though not in large num- 

 bers ; after that, where light deciduous forests commence, it is 

 never met with, and about Pahpoon, where the forests are decidu- 

 ous, I never saw one, but again about 20 miles north of that 

 place the bird re-appears with the evergreen forests. 



It is comparatively rare to the north, but excessively abundant 

 in the south of the province ; at Bankasoon it simply swarms. 

 It is almost always found in flocks, but occasionally in pairs or 

 even singly. It is a very bright and lively bird, always on the 

 move, hopping from branch to branch, or flying from tree to 

 tree, uttering its fine note, which resembles exactly the words 

 "be quick, be quick." They live on fruit I believe exclusively, 

 and are especially fond of figs, and where a fig tree is in fruit, 

 great numbers congregate there in company with Hornbills, 

 Green Pigeons, Fruit Pigeons, and numbers of other fruit-eating 

 birds. In the middle of the day they habitually come down to 

 the banks of streams and the smaller rivers to drink and bathe.— 

 W.D.] 



