458 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



singly . I have occasionally seen six or seven together. It is 

 not a very shy bird, and generally contents itself with running 

 on in front stopping, bobbing and bowing every few feet. 

 When it does fly, it rises with a note not unlike that of 

 L. atronuclialis, but yet very distinct, sounding like the words 

 '•' dit-dit to-weet" " dit-dit-to-weet."— W. D.] 



858— Esacus recurvirostris, Cuv. (5). 



Thatone ; near Amherst. 



Confined to the bauks of the rivers of the central portions of 

 the province, and rare there. 



[This is a rare bird in Tenasserim, and I have only occasion- 

 ally met with it about the rivers, usually in pairs or small 

 parties ; it is, in these parts, very shy, and most difficult to 

 approach. Its note is a soft whistle. I have seen this species 

 on the Houngthraw and Attaran Rivers. — W. D.] 



858 bis. —Esacus magnirostris, Geoffr., S. F. IL, 291. 



Davison observed an Esacus on the islands of the Mergui 

 Archipelago, which must necessarily have belonged to this 

 species, as recurvirostris never goes out to sea. I have already 

 noticed the difference in the habits and habitats of these two 

 species, S. F. ; V., 121, and protested against Count Salvador's 

 generic separation of the two. 



859.— Oedicnemus scolopax, S. G. Gm. (l). 



Theinzeik. 



Confined to the plains country of the central portions of the 

 province, and rare there. 



[I have found this bird very rare indeed in Tenasserim, and 

 always solitary or in pairs in scrub jungle. I shot one at 

 Theinzeik on the Thatone plain, and saw it again close to Moul- 

 mein on the banks of the Attaran, and again at Ngabeemah on 

 the same river. — W. D.J 



863.— Grus antigone, Lin, (2). 



(Tonghoo, Earns.) Thatone ; Yea-boo. 



Comparatively common on the plains between the Sittang 

 and Sal ween Rivers ; occurring, also, but very rarely, in other 

 parts of the plains country of the central por tions of the pro- 

 vince. 



867. — Scolopax rusticola, Lin. 



A specimen of the common Woodcock was shot a few years 

 ago by Colonel D. Brown just behind his own house at Moul- 



