BIRDS OF TENASSER1M. 437 



Tavoy. It does not occur anywhere about Mergui, or to the 

 south of that place. It seems to prefer bamboo, or moderately 

 thin tree jungle, to dense forest. It is found singly, in pairs, 

 and sometimes several together ; when disturbed, it utters 

 a peculiar clicking noise. The Burmans trap numbers of 

 males with the aid of a decoy bird, which is taken to the 

 jungle and fastened by the leg to a peg, and surrounded by a 

 circle of nooses; the decoy bird calls and makes a peculiar 

 buzzing sound with his wings, and any males within hearing 

 are attracted by the sound, and, rushing up to attack the decoy 

 bird, are caught in the nooses. The birds are very pugnacious 

 and even in a wild state are continually fighting with each 

 other. 



They come continually into the open to feed, about rice 

 fields and clearings. They are shy, and usually run in pre- 

 ference to flying when disturbed, except when put up by a 

 dog, when they immediately perch. Captain BiDgham tells me 

 that on bright moonlight nights they constantly come out into 

 the clearings. Their food consists of grain, seeds of various 

 kinds, young leaves and grass, grubs, and insects. 



Not long ago they used to occur in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of Moulmein, but they seem to have been all trapped or 

 shot off now. — TV. D.] 



811 quat.— Euplocamus crawfurdi, J. E. Gr. (l). 



Dargwin. 



Confined to the northernmost portions of the province. 



We obtained one specimen, a male, in the extreme north of 

 Tenasserim near Dargwin, which can only be referred to this 

 species, though _ it is, to a slight extent, intermediate between 

 lineatus and typical cratvfitrdi. 



Elliot described this species, which he named andersoni as 

 follows : — 



" Upper parts black, each feather having three or more white 

 irregular lines running parallel to and meeting towards the 

 edge; secondaries black, with broken irregular white lines 

 running lengthwise with the feather; feathers of the rump 

 like the back, but fringed with white, which overlaps the 

 feather beneath and gives this part a beautiful silvery appear- 

 ance ; top of head, lengthened crest, and entire underparts 

 very deep rich blue; tail moderately long; middle feather 

 white, thickly covered with rather broad irregular black lines, 

 these most numerous on the outer web and towards the base, 

 becoming less on inner web, and disappearing entirely at the 

 tip and on the edge of inner web ; rest of tail feathers black 



