384 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



and this I note is equally the case in some of the most perfect 

 adults. 



There is no grey about the forehead to speak of, nor are the 

 lores whitish, in this or any of the other numerous young- 

 birds which we have. The white eye spots are rather smaller 

 and less conspicuous than in the adults. 



The bird continues to be dark slaty grey beneath long after 

 the fulvous tippiugs have disappeared from the wings, and after 

 the bird has in every other respect obtained its full plumage, but 

 generally, in fact in all our numerous specimens, some tiny 

 white specks still remain mingled with the dark grey of the un- 

 der surface, the last traces of immaturity, but I would again 

 repeat that not one of the enormous series of adults preserved by 

 ourselves has the under surface so colored that it can with 

 any regard to accuracy be designated slaty grey. 



669 bis.— Garrulus leucotis, Hume. (13). Descr. 

 Pr. A. S. B„ 1874 106; S. R, II., 443. 



(Karennee, TongTioo. Very generally distributed both in the hills and plains 

 of the Tonghoo Province, Rams.) Kyouk-nyat ; Myawadee ; Lurthorgee ; 

 E-poo ; Paraduba. 



Almost confined to the northernmost portions of the 

 province, but occurring also about the bases of Mooleyit and 

 its spurs. 



[I found this Jay not uncommon in the diy Dillenia forests 

 lying between Myawadee and the foot of the Mooleyit Hills. 

 I also saw one small flock in the hills above Kyouk-nyat, eleva- 

 tion 2,500 feet. Usually I found it in small parties, occasionally 

 in pairs or singly, going about the tops of the trees, one occa- 

 sionally perching itself upon the very top of some tree in the 

 self-sufficient way in which only a Jay can. The habits are 

 quite those of the other Jays, and they have the same harsh 

 note. The stomachs of several that I opened contained only 

 green grasshoppers. They of course, like other Jays, frequently 

 descend to the ground. — W. D."| 



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



M ales.— Length, 12'5 to 1312 ; expanse, 2075 to 21-5 ; tail 

 from vent, 51 to 5*3 ; wing, 6'8 to 7'0 ; tarsus, 1'6 to 17 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*5 ; weight, 5'5 to 6-0 oz. 



Females. — Length, 12*1 to 125 ; expanse, 205 to 2 10 ; tail 

 from vent, 4*6 to 5'3 ; wing, 6 5 5 to 6 - 9 ; tarsus, T55 to 175 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*4 to 1*5 ; weight, 5*25 to 6 oz. 



Legs and feet whitish horny or flesh colour ; bill blackish 

 horny or dull black, whitish at tip ; irides lighter or darker 

 wood brown. 



