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f A SHORT LIST OF BIRDS FROIVI THE 

 RAHENG DISTRICT. 



By C. S. barton. 



The majority of the 67 birds shown in this list are from the Me 



Taw (tlWVlf]) forest, due east of Raheng Town, but 1 liave included 



a. few from further south and west. 



Me Taw is a fair sized forest, drained hy the Me Taw creek 



which rises in the hills between the Me I'ing and Touiigyin 



valleys. The altitude varies from 400 feet near the Me Ping to 4.0(H> 



feet in the higher hills. There are several types of forest, including 



evergreen, fir, pure bamboo, ordinary mixed tree jungle, and "paa"' 



•I 

 or laterite jungle ( UT UVJ; )• 



I have identified the birds from the Vauna vf IrrHhli Ltclia, 



Birds, A great many of the species have -already been recorded from 



Tenasserim and the Thoungyin valley. The numbers in biacKett; are 



those of the Fauna, of British India. 



Order PASSEBF^. 



-^ ( 4 ) CORVUS MACRORHYNCHUS. — The Juwjh-Croir. 

 This appears to be the ordinary crow at Raheng. 

 ~^ ( 71 ) Garrulax DIARDI. — T//e Siamese M'hiie-creMed Lauijhiii[i- 

 Thriish. 



Very common in Me Taw, alwaj^s iu cool jungle near water. 

 S- (250) Chloropsis chlorocephala. — The Burmese CVdoroj>si-<. 

 -f-~ (254) Irena puella. — The Fainj Blue-hird. 



-h (264) CRiNUfER BUR-MANTCUS. — The Burmese White-fhroaied Jlidl.nL 

 Shot on April 5th in heavy, cold, damp jungle. The tail and outer 

 webs of the wing feathers were rufous, with a decided orange tinge. 



"f- (290). Otocompsa flaviventjus. — The Black-LreMcd Ypllmr 

 Bvlhul. 



Shot on 29th March. Altitude 1.100 feet. 



-4(327). DiCRuaus ater. — The Blad- Brovrju or • Kimj Oro"-,'' 

 Very plentiful everywhere. 



