512 APPENDIX I. 



In the particular specimen that I have before me, the bill is 

 somewhat shorter and stouter than in any of my specimens of 

 coccinea, but I do not know whether this difference holds good 

 in other specimens. 



In the young coccinea the whole lower parts are dusky, the 

 feathers fringed very sparingly on the breast and upper abdomen, 

 and rather more copiously about the lower abdomen, vent, and 

 lower tail-coverts with dull orange crimson. 



The bright tippings to the wing-coverts and the occipital 

 stripe are wanting. The crimson of the head is confined to a 

 patch on the occiput. 



The entire crown and the greater part of the forehead is 

 dusky brown, with a slight red tinge on the margins of the 

 feathers. 



The interscapulary region is dull black, and only the scapulars, 

 rump and tail, and the terminal portions of the secondaries and 

 tertiaries, are washed with blue. 



p. 243 ; 346. — Pitta cuculata, Hartl. 



Add Tavoy, where a specimen was procured on the 13th 

 April. At this time no rain had fallen, and not a single speci- 

 men of moluccensis was observed during a month's exploration 

 of the country between Tavoy and Nwalabo. A month later 

 there would have been hundreds of birds of this species. 



p. 246 ; 350 bis. — Zoothera marginata, Blyth. 



Captain Bingham sent me a specimen killed in September 

 near Myawadee, but on the other side of the Thoungyen in the 

 Yahine Territory. 



p. 250 ; 351 bis. — Oyanocincla solitaria, Mull. 



Out of three males shot at Tavoy two were of this form. 

 One, which has nearly the whole abdomen chestnut, has an 

 immense pure white patch occupying the. nape, and greater 

 portion of the interscapulary region ; about half the feathers 

 of the forehead, one or two on the sides of the breast, and one 

 or two of the upper tail-coverts are also pure white. 



p. 250 ; 355. — Geocichla citrina, Lath. 

 Add Tavoy, where common in April. 



p. 251 ; 369 bis. — Tardus obscurus, Gm. 



Add, jungles at the foot of Nwalabo, where a specimen was 

 obtained in April. 



