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brushwood and tops of the smaller trees for insects, occasionally 

 in pairs, but never I think singly. I do not think they ever 

 descend to the ground ; they are very lively birds, moving and 

 hunting about much after the manner of Tits ; usually they are 

 silent, but I have occasionally heard them make a feeble attempt 

 at a song. Their food consists entirely of insects. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c, of three males record- 

 ed in the flesh : — 



Length, 6-65 to 7-0 ; expanse, 9' 1 to 9'25 ; tail from vent, 

 2-75 to 282 ; wing, 2-85 to 29; tarsus, 095 to 1-0 ; bill from 

 gape, 0-75 to 0*8 ; weight, 1-0 to 1*12 oz. 



Legs, feet, claws, and bill are pale yellow or orange yel- 

 low ; irides crimson. 



616. — Siva strigula, Hodgs. 



Said to have been obtained in the Tonghoo Hills by Wardlaw 

 Ramsay, but it seems to me probable that the bird which 

 he got, really belonged to the nearly-allied S. castaneicauda. 



616 Us. — Siva castaneicauda, Hume. (4). Descr. 

 S. P., v., 100. 



Mooleyit. 



Confined in Tenasserim proper to the higher slopes of Moo- 

 leyit, but probably re-appearing in the Tonghoo Hills. 



[I found this only on Mooleyit and rare even there. It 

 was usually met with singly on the outskirts of the forest 

 among the trees, dotted about the grass land, hunting about 

 like a true Tit amongst the leaves and branches. Its food con- 

 sists of insects. I did not hear the note that I am aware. — 

 W. D.] 



617. — Siva cyanouroptera, Hodgs. 



Blyth gives this from the Tenasserim mountains, and Lord 

 Tweeddale notes, B. of B., p. 110, that Wardlaw Ramsay ob- 

 tained it in Karennee. It seems to me probable that the 

 bird referred to in both cases was the very nearly-allied 

 S. sordida. 



617 bis.— Siva sordida, Hume. (4). Descr. S. F., V., 

 104. 



Mooleyit. 



Confined apparently to the higher slopes of Mooleyit, but per- 

 haps re-appearing in Karennee. 



