386 BIRDS OF TENASSERTM. 



674.— Dendrocitta rufa, Lath. (22). 



(Tonghoo, Earns.) Pahpoon ; Thatone ; Myawaclee ; Moulmein ; Pabyouk ; 

 Amherst ; Tavoy. 



Confined to the lower, more open, cultivated and inhabited 

 portions of the northern and central sections of the countiy. 



[I do not remember to have ever seen this species at Mergui 

 or to the south of that place. Shymootee in the Tavoy district 

 was the most southerly point where I actually saw the bird, but 

 it probably extends somewhat further south. The bird is so 

 well known in India that it would be superfluous to say any- 

 thing about its habits here. Jerdon states that it eats fruits. 

 I have not observed this ; several that I examined had eaten 

 insects only. — W. D.] 



676. — Dendrocitta himalayensis, Blyth. 



I formerly recorded this from the hills north of Pahpoon. 

 Wardlaw JRamsay is said to have obtained it in the Tonghoo 

 Hills and in Karennee. My specimens were certainly, and 

 Wardlaw Ramsay's not improbably, referable to the closely allied 

 D. assimilis ; which by the way, though instantly distinguish- 

 able, scarcely perhaps deserves specific separation. 



676 bis.— Dendrocitta assimilis, Hume. (4). Descr. 

 S. F., V., 117. 



(? Tonghoo Hills, Karennee, Earns.) Kollidoo ; Mooleyit. 



Confined to the hill forests of the northern and central por- 

 tions of the province from 3,500 feet and upwards. 



[High up at Mooleyit I saw this occasionally. I found it in 

 pairs frequenting the tops of the highest trees and very shy, 

 hopping from branch to branch till it got quite to the top of 

 the tree, and then flying up to another tree. It has a harsh 

 metallic call, apparently quite similar to that of D. hima- 

 layensis.—W. D.] 



678 quat.— Crypsirina variaiis, Lath. (82). Descr. 

 S. F. III., 146. 



(Tonghoo, Rams.) Pahpoon; Thatone; Kanee ; Moulmein; Pabyouk J 

 Kohbaing ; Ngabeemah ;* Yeu-boo ; Karope ; Amherst ; Leniyne ; Yea ; Tavoy ; 

 Shymotee ; Mergui. 



Generally distributed in open and moderately- wooded coun- 

 try from Mergui northwards. 



[This Magpie is excessively common all about Moulmein 

 and its neighbourhood, about Amherst, and right down to 

 Tavoy ; from there it becomes rare, and in Mergui is very 



