318 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
than in the Agrore bird. Birds from Rangoon appear to be 
similar. Adult females of the Tenasserim birds also differ 
from the female from Agrore, in the first place in being some- 
what darker, and in the second place in having the rump and 
upper tail coverts not merely slightly yellowish, but also in 
having each feather of these parts narrowly fringed with bright 
gamboge yellow. Birds from the neighbourhood of Mussoorie 
and the Doon are very similar to those from Agrore, but are 
somewhat darker in color, and so the Darjeeling birds also ap- 
pear to be. But specimens from Comillah, Tipperah, appear to be 
intermediate between the two forms, but most nearly allied 
to the Tenasserim form, having a very strong scarlet tinge on 
the rump, and having the upper surface notably darker than in 
the Agrore specimens. I think that the two forms grade per- 
fectly into one another, and I am not myself inclined to separate 
them specifically. Ifthe Tenasserim form should be deemed 
worthy of separation, it would probably stand as affinis, Mac- 
Clelland. P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 157, which is stated to pertain to 
the Assamese form of P. rosexs, which corresponds with the Tip- 
perah birds.—A. O. H.] 
276—Pericrocotus peregrinus, Lin. 
This species was abundant at Rangoon and Syriam_ as well 
as throughout the entire district intervening between Elephant 
Point and China-Ba-keer. It occurred in greatest numbers 
along the borders of the forest jungle, and I have always met 
with it consorting with several others of the same species. They 
measure in the flesh. 
Length, 5‘7 to 6; expanse, 8:4 to 8°8 ; wing 2°65 to 27 ; tail 
from vent, 2°7 to 2°8; tarsus, *6 to °62; bill from gape °62 
to ‘65. 
Irides, dark brown; bill, legs, and feet, dusky black. 
278.—Buchanga albiricta, Hodgs. 
The common Drongo Shrike occurred in abundance every- 
where. It was to be found alike on the outskirts of forests, 
in the vicinity of villages and along the sea-shore. The 
following is a résume of the dimensious of six specimens 
recorded in the flesh :— 
Three males —Length, 10°55 to 11; expanse, 16°6 to 17°25; 
wing, 5°7 to 5-9; tail from vent, 5°6 to 5:9; tarsus, “7 to °72; 
bill from gape, 1:05 to 1-1. 
Three females.—Length, 10°35 to 11; expanse, 15°5 to 16°7 ; 
wing, 5°2 to 5°55; tail from vent, 5 to 5°8; tarsus, ‘67 to “7 ; 
bill from gape, 1°05 to 1-1. 
In both sexes the irides vary from brown or reddish brown, 
to bright red ; the bill, legs, and feet, are black. 
