46*6 BIRDS OF TENASSEEIM. 



The following are the dimensions, &c, of a male and female 

 recorded in the flesh : — 



Male.— Length, 2 J 6 ; expanse, 31*5 ; tail from vent, 6'0 ; 

 wing, 10-05 ; tarsus, 2-12 ; bill from gape, 2'45 ; weight l-5ths. 



Female.— Length, 20"5 ; tail from vent, 5*12; wing, 9-25; 

 tarsus, 1-75 ; bill from gape, 2*25 ; weight, nearly l-5it>s. 



The legs and feet are pale green, the edges of the webs 

 in the male bright yellow ; in the female these parts are only 

 faintly tinged with yellow; claws and soles dark horny green ; 

 in the male the bill is bright chrome yellow, in the female dull 

 yellow, in both cases shaded about the middle with brown. 

 The irides in the male dark brown, in the female ochrous 

 yellow ; eyelids pea green. 



904.— Grallicrex cinereus, Gm. (13). 



(Tonghoo, Earns.) Thatone ; Attaran E. ; Tavoy ; Shymotee. 



As j^et only observed in the central and northern portions of 

 the province, and breeds in the Tonghoo district, (Ramsay says), 

 at any rate, though perhaps only a seasonal visitant further south. 



[ISot uncommon Avhere it does occur, but very local. I 

 found them most common about the rice fields at Tavoy in the 

 mornings and evenings ; during the day they retired to the 

 scrub jungle. — W. D.] 



The following are the dimensions of a male and female 

 recorded in the flesh : — 



Male. — Length, 16'75 ; expanse, 28'5 ; tail from vent, 4'0 ; 

 wing, 8*35 ; tarsus, 3*12 ; bill from gape, 1*82 ; weight, 0*75 lbs. 



Female. — Length, 14'3 ; expanse, 23*8 ; tail from vent, 2*8 ; 

 wing, 7*0 ; tarsus, 2'8. 



905 — Gallinula chloropus, Lin. (7). 



Pahpoon ; Thatone ; Yea-boo ; Amherst ; Tavoy j Shyrnotee. 



Confined to the northern and central portions of the pro- 

 vince. 



[I shot a specimen of the Common Water Hen at Shymotee, 

 in a dried-up rice field some distance from water. It is not a 

 common bird in Tenasserim. — W. D.] 



907*— G-allinula phcenicura, Pennant. (12) . 



(Tonghoo, Earns.) Paphoon ; Wimpong ; Kanee ; Pabyouk ; Amherst j Tavoy ; 

 Bankasoou. 



Pretty common throughout the province in suitable localities, 

 i.e., about streams, rice fields, &c. 



