396 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



largest series ever got together I am perfectly certain of their 

 absolute identity. In Tenasserim alone we preserved no less 

 thau sixty-one specimens, and I subjoin the measurements of a 

 number of these which were recorded in the flesh : — 



Males. — Length, 85 to 862 ; expanse, 12*75 to 13*5; tail, 

 2'8 to 32 ; wing, 4 to 4-25 ; tarsus, 0*8 to 0-9 ; bill from gape, 

 !• to l'l ; weight, 2* to 225 ozs. 



Females. — Length, 7*82 to 8-3; expanse, 11*82 to 1262; tail, 

 25 to 3* ; wing, 3-62 to 4* • tarsus, 0*75 to 0*82 ; bill from 

 gape, 1*0 to l'l ; weight, 1'75 to 2 ozs. 



In all adults the legs, feet, and bill are black • the irides crim- 

 son scarlet, hi younger birds the legs and feet are brownish or 

 bluish black ; the irides yellowish white ; at a later stage the 

 irides are pale yellow with a reddish brown tinge, then they be- 

 come orange vermilion, and finally scarlet crimson. 



Calornis tytleri, on the other hand, is perfectly distinct in color ; 

 we have enormous series of this also. Laid amongst Suma- 

 tran, Malayan, Burmese, and Eastern Bengal birds, it looks 

 almost black ; any good specimen of it can be separated at a 

 glance from any and every one of the over one hundred speci- 

 mens now before me from these various localities. 



Except in the matter of the difference of the shade of plu- 

 mage in the adult and its somewhat larger size, * tytleri 

 adult and young is so close to the present species that my des- 

 cription of it, S. E., I., 481, will, I think, suffice to enable my 

 Indian readers to identify the present species. All that they 

 have to remember is, that the present species has a much brighter 

 and lighter metallic green gloss, and is smaller than the Andaman 

 and Nicobar species. 



693. — Eulabes javanensis, Osbech. (51). 



(Toncfhoo, Rams.) Kollidoo ; Kyouk-nyat ; Pahpoon ; Endingnone ; Pabyouk ; 

 Assoon ; Amherst • Lemyne ; Zadee ; Meeta Myo ; Pakckan ; Bankasoon ; 

 Malewoon. 



Common throughout the province, but not ascending the 

 higher hills. 



[In Tenasserim this is a very common bird, frequenting in 

 greatest numbers the better- wooded portions, but found wherever 

 there are trees, almost always in small flocks but not unfrequently 

 in pairs. They feed exclusively on fruits, especially the softer 

 ones, and are very partial to figs. They have a wonderful variety 

 of notes, some of them rather pleasant ones, but the majority harsh 

 and grating. When feeding, or when seated at rest during the 

 day in some leafy tree, they keep calling to and answering each 



* The dimensions of tytleri are as follows : — Length, 8"25 to'9; expanse, 13*5 to 

 14'5; wing, 4'2 to 4" 75. 



