8296 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
461 bis.—Molpastes intermedius, Hay. (Vide S. F,, 
TT, 127) 
Ihave met with this species only in the thin tree jungle 
near Elephant Point, where, however, it appears to be rare. A 
male bird shot at the end of February measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 8°5 ; expanse, 11°5; tail from vent, 3°7; wing, 3:8; 
tarsus, °9; bill from gape, °95. 
Irides, dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and claws, black. 
467.—Iora typhia, Lin. 
This little bird was met with in tolerable abundance, about 
Rangoon and Syriam, and less frequently at Elephant Point 
and China-Ba-keer. It appears to frequent loose shrubby 
jungle and gardens, as well as the outskirts of forest land. 
The following are the dimensions of four specimens recorded 
in the flesh :— 
Length, 5-2 to 5°6; expanse 7°6 to 8-2; tail from vent, 1:8 to 
2°; wing, 2°4 to 2°6; tarsus, ‘73 to°75; bill from gape, *68 to *78. 
Irides, light greyish white; bill, slaty blue, lighter at tip ; legs 
and feet, bluish grey. 
469.—Irene puella, Lath. 
This species occurs sparingly at China-Ba-keer, but is ex- 
tremely common at Syriam, where, in the early mornings, 
large flocks of these birds may be found feeding amongst the 
different fig-trees in the neighbourhood. There is no constant 
difference in size between the two sexes. Three males and 
three females measured in the flesh show the following result :— 
Length, 9°75 to 10°3; expanse, 14°5 to 15:5; tail from vent, 
3°75 to 4°25; wing, 4°8 to 5°2; tarsus, °75 to °85 ; bill from gape, 
Het to.1-2: 
In one female the irides were deep red, in all the remaining 
specimens of either sex they were light reddish brown; the bill, 
legs, feet, and claws, were black. 
Of nine specimens that I obtained, none exhibited the bril- 
liant smalt blue plumage of the adult male. None of these 
specimens however were obtained later than the end of February. 
[This brilliant plumage is however by no means seasonal, as 
we have killed males in the perfect plumage in every month in 
the year.—A. O. H.] 
471.—Oriolus chinensis, Lin. 
This species was generally distributed, but by no means 
abundant anywhere. It frequents thinly wooded forest jungle, 
