BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 469 



Confined in Teuasserim proper to the central portions of the 

 ^province. A seasonal visitant during- the autumn and cold 

 "season. 



[Very common in the cold weather in the plains between the 

 Salween and Sittang rivers, and about the different limestone 

 rocks which crop up there and near Moulmein, and up the 

 Attaran and Gyne rivers, on which they breed. They occur 

 in large flocks, feeding along the banks of the creeks, and in the 

 marshes. I have seen fifty or more together. In the even- 

 ing numbers may be seen perched on the topmost points of the 

 rock, and others sailing about high up overhead. I have never 

 seen this species towards the south. — W. D.] 



916.— Leptoptilus javanicus, Horsf. (2). 



Amherst ', Bankasoon. 



Very sparingly distributed throughout the central and south- 

 ern portions of the province, the majority probably seasonal 

 visitants from October to April. 



[This species is not so common as the next, but is more 

 generally distributed. I have seen it most abundantly about 

 Thatone, and about the different masses of limestone rocks 

 that crop up in the neighbourhood of Moulmein, Thatone, &c, 

 where they breed. — -W. D.] 



917. — Xenorhynchus asiaticus, Lath. 



Blyth, B. of. B., p. 158, gives this from Tenasserim, but it is 

 very rare there. Davison has only once seen it, and that quite 

 in the north near Pahpoon. 



920.— Melanopelargus episcopus, Bodd. (2). 



(Tonghoo, Bams.) Thatone ; Bankasoon. 



Sparingly distributed in suitable localities throughout the 

 central and southern portions of the province. 



[About marshes and cultivation this species is not uncommon ; 

 occurring in pairs or small parties, and occasionally singly. 

 They often go far into the forest, when "there happen to be 

 any marshes or jheels there, and I have flushed one from a small 

 mountain stream abovit a mile and a half from the edge of the 

 forest. I have found it, as a rule, very shy. I have seen it 

 at Amherst, Tavoy, and on the Pakchan. — W. D.] 



922.— Ardea sumatrana, Baffl. (2). 



Mergui ; Patoe Is. ; Bankasoon. 



Confined to the southernmost district of the province. 



