484 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



and evening. It is very shy, and on the least alarm betakes 

 itself to dense cover, from which it is very difficult to dislodge 

 it.— W. D.] 



934.— Ardetta sinensis, Om. (11). 



{Tonghoo, Rams.) Meetaa ; Amherst ; Tavoy ; Bankasoon. 



Only observed in the southern half of the province where 

 rather common, and again in the north-west of the Sittang. 



[This species is not very numerous. I have found that by 

 preference they frequent standing rice : when this is all cut 

 they betake themselves to marshy ground or the banks of 

 streams, but only where there is plenty of good high cover 

 about.— W. D.] 



936 bis. — Gorsachius melanolophus, Eqffl. Descr. 

 S.P., IL, 312. 



Davison on one occasion saw this in a mountain stream, two 

 days' march north of Malewoon. He is perfectly certain of 

 the bird, having himself procured two specimens in the Ni- 

 cobars. 



I fully described the adult and young of this species from 

 specimens obtained in the Nicobars, S. F., II., 312, et seq., and 

 other specimens, subsequently obtained in the same islands and 

 in the Malay Peninsula, differ in no material respect, and it is 

 therefore unnecessary for me here to give any further descrip- 

 tion of this species. 



937.— Nycticorax griseus, Lin. (3). 



dyne E. ; Yeaboo. 



Generally distributed throughout the province, but, of course, 

 much more often heard flying overhead in the gloaming, quack- 

 ing hoarsely, than seen during the day. 



938.— Tantalus leucocephalus, Gm. (3). 



(Tonghoo, Earns.) Thatoue ; Tayoy. 



Davison never saw it except at TavOy, but Mr. Hough shot a 

 specimen in the Pakchan. Mr. Davis procured it at Thatone, 

 and Ramsay observed it at Tonghoo. 



941.— Ibis melanocephala, Lath. (l). 



Wauchoung. 



Not uncommon in the plains of the central portion of the 

 province. 



