RANGOON DISTRICT OF THE IRRAWADDY DELTA. 323 
Trides, dark brown; upper mandible, dusky black; lower 
mandible, yellowish brown, tipped with dusky ; legs and feet, 
brownish black. 
301.—Eumyias melanops, Vigors. 
This species occurred in tolerable abundance both at Syriam 
and Elephant Point. It appears to frequent alike the hedges 
and thickets in the sides of hills and in open waste ground as 
well as the low thin jungle in mangrove swamps. The following 
are the dimensions of five specimens recorded in the flesh :— 
Two Males.—Length, 65 to 6°7; expanse, 10°75 to 11; wing, 
3°45 to 3°5; tailfrom vent, 2°95 to 3:1; tarsus, *62 to ‘63; bill 
from gape, °66 to °68. 
Three Females.—Leneth, 6°2 to 6-4: expanse, 10°4 to 10°6; 
wing, 3°15 to 3:2; tail from vent, 2°6 to 2°93; tarsus, *62 to ‘63 ; 
bill from gape, *6 to °65. 
Irides, dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 
323.—Erythrosterna leucura,-Gmel. 
This is evidently a rare species throughout the district. I 
have only seen a single specimen which I shot in December at 
Elephant Point. It was a female, and measured in the flesh.:— 
Length, 5°3 ; expanse, 8°25; tail from vent, 2; wing, 265 ; 
tarsus, °72; bill from gape, 63. 
Irides, very dark brown; bill, dusky brown, lighter under- 
neath, legs and feet, dusky black. 
371.—Oreocincla dauma, Lath. 
IT have only seen a single specimen of this bird, which I shot 
on the 18th December, in the forest jungle near China-Ba-keer. 
It was busily occupied picking up insects on the ground, and 
on being disturbed, flew away into a tree, where it was shot. 
It was a fine male bird, and measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 11°3; expanse, 17:25; tail from vent, 4°35 ; wing, 
56; tarsus, 1°35; bill from gape, 1°25. 
Irides, dark brown; upper mandible, dusky black ; basal half 
of lower mandible, yellowish brown ; terminal, halfdusky ; legs 
and feet, yellowish brown ; claws, horny brown. 
396.—Timalia pileata, Horsf. 
I shot a single specimen of this bird at Elephant Point in 
the beginning of January, but did not meet with any more. 
Its sex is doubtful, the generative organs not being sufficiently 
developed for determination. It measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 5-6 ; expanse, 7°8; tail from vent, 2; wing, 2°55; 
tarsus 98; bill from gape, ‘78 ; from nares, *52. 
Irides, reddish brown; bill, black ; legs and feet, dusky black. 
