388 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



[I have not seen this species to the south of Mergui, nor does 

 it ascend the hills, but throughout the rest of Tenasserim in all 

 suitable localities, such as open and cultivated land, it is by no 

 means uncommon, and in many places as at Moulmein quite 

 abundant. They go about in flocks, and are very noisy, flying 

 up into the trees, then back on to the ground, hither and thither 

 chattering and fighting with one another. Like the common 

 Mynas they are very fond of accompanying grazing cattle, feed- 

 ing on the grasshoppers and other insects disturbed by the 

 feet of these.— W. D.] 



684.— Acridotheres tristis, Lin. (11). 



Palipoon ; Thatone ; Amherst ; Tavoy ; Mergui. 



Common throughout the open cultivated and inhabited plains 

 portions of the province northwards of Mergui. 



[This Myna is found chiefly about towns and villages fre- 

 quenting the neighbourhood of houses in gardens and cultivated 

 fields. It extends south as far as Mergui, but apparently not 

 further. It is especially abundant about Moulmein, and several 

 pairs may be seen about almost every house in the town. It is 

 a very familiar bird, not in the least shy. It lives upon iusects 

 of all kinds, and a few pairs may always be seen hunting every 

 heap of garbage- or refuse, in company with sundry crows. In 

 the evening numbers congregate in some particular tree and 

 make a tremendous hub-bub before retiring to rest — W. D.] 



685.— Acridotheres ginginianus, Lath. 



Stated by Blyth (B. of B., p. 89) to occur in Tenasserim, but 

 Blyth does not give any authority, and I think it pretty certain 

 that the bird does not occur there. 



686.— Acridotheres fuscus, Wagl. (20). 



(Tonglwo, Sams.) Thatone; Moulmein; Pabyouk ; Yea-boo ; Amherst; 

 Lemyne ; Tavoy ; Mergui. 



Like tristis. 



[This species has much the same distribution as tristis, which 

 it resembles in all the localities it frequents, and in its habits. 

 It is noticeable that this species in Burma as in Northern India 

 always has the irides yellow. In Southern India, at any rate 

 on the Nilgheris, where it is very abundant, the barely distin- 

 guishable A. mahrattensis has them always pale blue. — W. D.] 



686 quat. — Acridotheres siamensis, Swinh. 



Obtained by Wardlaw Ramsay in Karennee at 3,000 feet. 

 " Iris pale chocolate ; bill orange yellow ; legs dusky yellow/'' 



