310 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN oR 
shelter to the thick underwood adjoining. The following are 
the dimensions of six specimens recorded in the flesh :— 
Three males.—Length, 5°5 to 5°8 ; expanse, 10°3 to 10°6; tail 
from vent, 1‘7 to 1:9; wing, 3°15 to 3:2; tarsus, °55 to °6; bill 
from gape, ‘72 to ‘8° 
Three females.— Length, 5°3 to 5°6 ; expanse, 10-2 to 10°5 ; tail 
from vent, 1:7 to 1:9; wing, 3°05 to 3°15; tarsus, ‘5 to ‘6; bill 
from gape, ‘7 to *79. 
Tn both sexes the irides vary from light to dark brown ; bill, 
dark greenish black; legs and feet, dull greenish slate color ; 
claws, horny brown. 
166.—Chrysocolaptes sultaneus, Hodgs. 
In the belts of forest trees between Elephant Point and 
China-Ba-keer, this species was met with in abundance, It 
flies with considerable rapidity from tree to tree the branches of 
which it ascends by a series of jerks. During its flight it utters 
a harsh scream, which it discontinues as soon as it alights. The 
following are the dimensions of several specimens recorded in 
the flesh :— 
Males.—Length, 12°5 to 12°75; expanse, 20°25 to 21°5; tail 
from vent, 4:1 to 4:7; wing, 6°15 to 6°65; tarsus, 1°15 to 1:2; bill 
from gape, 2°1 to 2:2. 
Females.—Length, 11°5 to 12:2; expanse, 20°1 to 20°75; tail 
from vent, 4 to 4:8; wing, 6°2 to 6°5 ; tarsus, 1°15 to 1:2; bill 
from gape, 1°85 to 2. 
In both sexes the irides were white, with a tinge of pink 
shading into brownish at the sclerotic margin ; bill, legs, and feet 
of a dark slate color ; claws, dusky black. 
[The numerous specimens collected by Dr. Armstrong agree 
well with specimens from Thayetmyso—like these, they are 
larger than C. Delesserti, and conspicuously smaller as a body 
than the true Himalayan suléaneus.—A. O. H.] 
171 bis—Gecinus vittatus, Vierllot.—(Vide 8. F., 
III, 68.) 
This species of Woodpecker appears to be rare in Southern 
Pegu.* J have only met with three or four specimens in the 
forest jungle near China-Ba-keer. Two males measured in the 
flesh :-— 
Length, 12°2 to 12°8 ; expanse, 16:2 to 17-75; tail from vent, 
4:8 to4°9; wing, 5°45 to 5°5; tarsus, 11; bill from gape, 
1°6 to 1°7. 
* say rather, close to the coast.—LHd, 8. F. 
