462 BIEDS OF TENASSERIM. 



„ Male 415 09 12 



One of the Rangoon birds has the shorter tertiaries narrowly 

 margined towards the tip with dull rufous ; none of the others 

 show the faintest sign of summer plumage. It is, therefore, 

 the dimensions being as they are, imposible, even according to 

 the describer of the species, to discriminate any siberica that 

 may be amongst the lot. 



Whether birds of precisely the same dimensions and precisely 

 alike in winter plumage should be separated as distinct species 

 because they happen to differ in summer plumage is another 

 question ; for my part I doubt the expediency of this ; the next 

 step will be to make twenty species out of the ruff. 



887.— Eurynorhynchus pygmseus, Lin. (l). 



Amherst. 



Very rare. Two specimens obtained at Amherst by Dr. 

 Armstrong. 



The following are dimensions, &c, of one of these, a male, 

 recorded in the flesh :~ 



Length, 612 ; expanse, 12*15 ; tail from vent, 1'82; wing, 

 4*02 ; tarsus, 0*89 ; bill from gape, 0'91 ; narrowest part of bill, 

 0'16 ■ broadest, 0*46 ; mid toe and claw, 0*85. Under surface of 

 upper mandible thickly papillated ; tongue, gape and inside of 

 mouth purplish black, lighter towards base ; irides dark brown. 



891.— Rhyacophilus glareola, Lin. (50). 



(Tonghoo, Karennee, Earns.) Kaukaryit ; Thatone ; Yea-boo j Taroy ; 

 Pakchan. 



Pretty common throughout the province, in suitable localities 

 during the cold season. 



892.— Totanus ochrophus, Lin. (4). 



Thatone ; Amherst. 



Never seen by Davison. One specimen sent me from Amherst 

 by Dr. Armstrong, and three shot by Mr. Davis at Thatone. 



