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723— Euspiza aureola, Pall. (55). 



(Tonghoo, Lloyd; Karennee, Earns.) Pahpoon ; Kedai-Keglay ; lhatone ; 

 Wimpong ; Kanee ; Moulmein ; Pabyouk ; Tavoy ; Zadawoon ; Pakchan. 



Generally distributed throughout the more open plains por- 

 tion of the province from October to May. 



[This species occurs in large flocks as a cold Aveather visitant 

 throughout the province, and is especially abundant in the more 

 open portions of the country, about rice fields, and grassy land. 

 It is rather shy and easily alarmed ; when alarmed they do not 

 all rise together, but fly away one after the other, uttering a 

 sharp tweet-tweet as they fly. They live entirely on seeds of 

 various sorts, and may be found in hundreds, in tracts where 

 bamboo has seeded. They remain in Tenasserim till quite the 

 end of April, by which time they have nearly assumed the 

 full summer plumage. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c, of a large series recorded 

 in the flesh : — 



Males. — Length, 61 to 6-5 ; expanse, 9-5 to 982 ; tail from 

 vent, 2-45 to 2'62 ; wing, 285 to 3-1 ; tarsus, 0-6 to 0'8 ; bill 

 from gape, 05 to 06 ; weight, 0*5 to 0*8 oz. 



Females. — Length, 5-62 to 6'25 ; expanse, 8-5 to 9*37 ; tail 

 from vent, 225 to 235 ; wing, 2-62 to 2-82 ; tarsus, 0-7 to 

 0'8; bill from gape, 05 to 0'55 ; weight, 0'55 to 0*8 oz. 



Leers and feet pale pinkish or horny brown ; upper mandible 

 dark horny brown , lower mandible fleshy pink or very pale 

 brown; irides wood brown. 



724.— Melophus melanicterus, Lath. (1). 



(Karennee, Earns) Beeling. 



Only observed in Tenasserim proper in the plains country 

 betweeen the Salween and Sittang. 



[On the 11th of February I met with a large flock of the 

 Black-crested Bunting in a rice field near Beeling. I fired and 

 secured one specimen, when the whole flock rose and flew right 

 away, and I never met with them again. — W. D.] 



Note that it is very unusual in India to meet with flocks of 

 this species. 



738. — Carpodaeus erythrinus, Pall. 

 Obtained at Tonghoo by Wardlaw Ramsay. 



767.— Alauda gulgula, Fran&l. (20). 



Sittang R. ; Khyketo ; Eeeling ; Kedai-Keglay ; Tkeinzeik ; Thatone. 



Confined apparently to the tract between the Sittang and 

 Salween, and the immediate neighbourhood of Moulmein. 



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