334 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



477.— Myiomela leucura, Eodgs. (4). 



(Karennee, Earns ) 2,000 feet above Paraduba ; Mooleyit. 



Confined apparently to the higher slopes of Mooleyit and the 

 extreme northern portions of the province, where the same 

 range occurs within our limits. 



[I only observed this bird in the dense forests about Mooleyit 

 from 3,500 feetand upwards, and even there it was decidedly rare. 

 I generally met with it singly and on the ground, and when dis- 

 turbed it would fly up and pei'ch on some dead log or dry 

 branch, where it would sit, expanding and closing its tail rapid- 

 ly. After a short time, if not further disturbed, it would fly 

 down on to the ground again, hopping about and turning over 

 the dead leaves, in quest of insects, which alone apparently con- 

 stitute its food. It was not at all shy, and was very silent. I 

 never, so far as I know, heard it utter any note. — W. D.] 



The following- are the dimensions and colors of soft parts of 

 3 males : — 



Length, 7*0 to 7*5; expanse, 11*6 to 11*75 ; tail from vent, 

 2*9 to 3*1 ; wing, 3'7 to 3*8 ; tarsus, 1*1 ; bill from gape, 085 

 to 0*9 ; weight, 085 to 1-12 oz. 



Bill, legs, feet and claws black ; irides deep brown. 



481 — Pratincola caprata, Lin. (9). 



{Tonglioo, Karennee, at 3,500 feet, Rams.) Pabpoon ; Beeling ; Pabyouk ; 

 Ngabeemab ; Yea-boo. 



Confined to the open country of the northern and central 

 portions of the province, and rare even there. 



483.— Pratincola indica, Blyth. (19.) 



(Tonghoo, Rams.) Pine forests, Salween ; Pabpoon ; Kedai Keglay ; Theinzeik ; 

 Tbatone ; Pabyouk ; Moulmein ; Amberst ; Mergui j Tenasserim Town ; 

 Pakcban ; Bankasoon ; Malewoon. 



Sparingly distributed in open country, especially in grass 

 lands and standing rice throughout the province. 



Lord Tweeddale remarks, B. of B., p. 102 : "It has been shown 

 most conclusively by Mr. Dresser, B. of Europe, Dec. 1873, that 

 the Asiatic Stonechat cannot be specifically separated from the 

 European. Mr. Blytb/s title must, therefore, give way to that 

 of P. rubicola, Lin." 



So far from this being the case, Mr. Dresser's article only 

 proves that, at the time he wrote it, he did not know where to 

 look for the difference between the two birds rubicola and 

 indica. 



The two are really invariably distinguishable at a glance ; the 

 upper tail-coverts and lower part of the rump in i?idica are 



