368 BIRDS OF TENA3SERIM. 



The following are the dimensions and colors of soft parts 

 recorded in Ihe flesh of a fine adult male : — 



Length, 11 "0 ; expanse, 1725; tail from vent, 4'5 • wing*, 

 5 - 7 5 ; tarsus, 1*1 ; bill from gape, 1-3 ; weight, 3'5 oz. 



Legs and feet dnrk plumbeous, shaded with black ; claws 

 dark horny brown ; bill black ; gape dark plumbeous ; irides red 

 brown ; eyelids dark plumbeous. 



610 bis. — Pteruthius seralatus, Tick. (13). 



(Karennee, at 4,000 to 5,000 feet, Earns.) Mooleyit. 



Apparently confined to the higher slopes of Mooleyit (where 

 not uncommon) and the higher portions of the same range 

 further north in Karennee. 



[I have only obtained this species in the forests of Mooleyit, 

 where I found it usually in pairs, occasionally singly, frequenting 

 the tops of the highest trees, hunting about' the smaller branch- 

 es and foliage for insects. It has a rather pleasant single note 

 which might be syllabized toweech, which it utters at short 

 intervals, especially if there are two or more together. It is not 

 shy, and I believe not uncommon, but from always keeping 

 among the thick foliage of the tree tops (and I have never seen 

 them elsewhere) they are seldom seen, and consequently seldom 

 shot. If a pair happen to be together, and one is shot, the other, 

 after a very short interval, commences calling, flying, from 

 branch to branch and tree to tree, looking for its male. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions and colors of soft parts record- 

 ed in the flesh from a series of both sexes : — 



Males. — Length, 6'5 to 6*9 ; expanse, 10*1 to 10*3 ; tail from 

 vent, 2-2 to 2*4 ; wing, 3'05 to 3-21 ; tarsus, 1*05 to 1*1 ; bill 

 from gape, 0'82 to 0'9 ; weight, 1-25 to 1*4 oz. 



Females. — Length, 6*6 to 6*9 ; expanse, 10*0 to 10*25; tail 

 from vent, 2-12 to 23 ; wing, 3'05 to 3-2 ; tarsus, 1-0 to 1*05 ; 

 bill from gape, 0-85 to 0"91 ; weight, 1-4 to 1-62 oz. 



Legs and feet fleshy white ; claws pale brown to black. 



Lower mandible and basal edges of upper mandible along 

 commissure pale blue ; rest of bill black ; irides varied consid- 

 erably, slaty grey, pale greenish blue, and deep brown. 



The male has a white stripe immediately over the eye, con- 

 tinued backwards to the nape ; the whole of the rest of the lores, 

 forehead, top, back and ? sides'of the head and face glossy black, 

 with a slight greenish reflection ; the black of the head extending 

 more or less on to the nape ; the entire under-surface albescent 

 grey, except the under-tail coverts and vent feathers, which are 

 pure white, and with more or less of a vinous tinge on the flanks ; 

 wine-lining and axillaries, and inner margins of quills, pure 

 white ; tail and wings glossy black ; all but the first two or three 

 primaries tipped with pure white. 



