330 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



The following are the dimensions of 2 adult males record- 

 ed in the flesh : — 



Length, 9*82 to 10*25 ; expanse, 1725 ; tail from vent, 3*62 

 to 3*8; wing, 5*62 to 6*0; tarsus, 0*95 to 1*0 ; bill from gape, 

 1-55 to 1-6 ; weight, 3-25 oz. 



Legs and feet plumbeous ; bill fleshy pink ; irides crimson. 



472.— Oriolus melanocephalus, Lin. (79). 



(TongTioo, Karennee, Earns.) Dargwin ; Paphoon ; Theinzeik ; Tliatone ; Wim- 

 pong; Kaukaryit, Houngthraw It; Larthorgee ; Moulmein ; Yeaboo; Am- 

 herst ; Lemyne ; Tea ; Meeta Myo j Tavoy ; Shymotee ; Mergui. 



Extends throughout the province as far south as Mergui, but 

 is rare south of Tavoy. 



[About Mergui the Black-headed Oriole was rather rare, 

 being only occasionally seen about gardens ; south of Mergui I 

 have never seen it ; about Tavoy and northward it was common 

 about gardens, secondary scrub, and thin tree jungle. In all 

 its habits and voice it resembles the other species. — W. D.] 



473 bis.— Oriolus xanthonotus, Eorsf. (7). 



Hankachin ; Patch an ; Bankasoon. 



Confined to the southernmost extremity of the province. 



[This is a very rare species in Tenasserim, merely straggling 

 into the extreme south at Bankasoon and other localities on the 

 banks of the Pakchan, in the forests near which we obtained 

 seven specimens. It is quite a common bird in the Malay 

 Peninsula, occurring quite to the south at Johore. It is a forest 

 bird, being found, so far as I have observed, only in the forest 

 or on its outskirts. Its note is very similar to that of O. indicus. 

 I always observed them in pairs or singly. They are not at all 

 shy birds. I found that like the rest of its congeners it fed exclu- 

 sively on fruit. — W. D.] 



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



Males.— Length, 7*7 to 8'0 ; expanse, 13'0 to 14*0 ; tail from 

 vent, 2-62 to 2*8; wing, 4-25 to 4-5; tarsus, 0-75 to 085; 

 bill from gape, 1-05 to 1*15 ; weight, 1*5 oz. 



Females. — Length, 7*25 to 7*82; expanse, 12*5 to 13'0 ; tail 

 from vent, 275 to 2-85 ; wing, 412 to 4*26 ; tarsus, 0*7 to 0*8 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*0 to 1*05 ; weight, 1*0 to 1*25 oz. 



The legs and feet are plumbeous blue or very dark plumbe- 

 ous ; the bill very dark fleshy, or pale fleshy brown ; the irides 

 crimson. 



The adult males have the entire head, neck all round and 

 upper breast, black ; rest of the breast, abdomen, sides and 

 flanks white, each feather with a broad black central streak ; 

 the sides of the breast and the posterior feathers of the 



