RANGOON DISTRICT OF THE IRRAWADDY DELTA. ole 
The irides were dull red; upper mandible, dusky black ; 
lower mandible, brownish yellow, tipped with dusky ; legs, feet, 
and claws, dull greenish black. 
184.—Tiga intermedia, Blyth. 
I found this species to be more common and more generally 
distributed than any other Woodpecker. It was especially nu- 
merous in the vicinity of China-Ba-keer, where there are 
belts of tall forest trees running parallel to the shore. 
From sun-rise until nearly noon, this region resounds with the 
harsh ery, which, like Chrysocolaptes sultaneus, they only utter 
when on the wing flying from tree to tree. Like that species 
too they always alight on the lower part of the trunk or branch, 
ascending by a series of jerks, and stopping frequently to ga- 
ther insects from the bark, or to have a jook around them. 
During their flight they make with their wings a peculiar whir- 
ring noise, which I have not remarked during the flight of 
Chrysocolaptes sultaneus. The following are the dimensions of 
six specimens recorded in the flesh :— 
Three males.—Length, 10°5 to 11°6; expanse, 16°8 to 17:7; 
tail from vent, 4 to 4°3; wing, 5°45 to 5°75; tarsus, 1 to 11 ; bill 
from gape, 1:3 to 1:4. 
Three jfemales.—Length, 10°75 to 11:25; expanse, 16:5 to 
17°75 ; tail from vent, 4°1 to 4°4 ; wing, 5°5 to 5°8 ; tarsus, °95 to 
1-05 ; bill from gape, 1°25 to 1:3. 
Irides, bright red ; bill, dull bluish black ; legs and feet, slate 
color. 
197.—Xantholema hemacephala, Mill. 
Wherever there was thin forest jungle or clumps of trees, 
this species was to be met with inabundance. They frequented, 
as a rule, the outskirts of the forest, perching on the tops of 
the trees, and giving utterance to their peculiar monotonous 
call, which may be distinctly heard at a distance of more 
than a quarter of a mile. The following is a resumé of the 
dimensions of four male birds recorded in the flesh :-— 
Length, 5°5 to 6:7 ; expanse, 10:2 to 10°65; tailfrom vent, 
1‘5 to 1:7; wing, 3°2 to 3:4; tarsus, °75 to °85; bill from gape, 
9 to 1°05. 
Irides, dark reddish brown ; bill, dusky black ; legs and feet, 
red ; claws, black. 
207.—Hierococcyx sparveroides, Vigors. 
This species is undoubtedly rare. I have only met with it 
on two or three occasions, and always in the thickest part of 
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