390 A FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS 
169.—Thriponax Hodgsoni, Jerdon. 
“Tn the neighbourhood of large undisturbed tracts of forest, 
this bird is fairly common and not very shy, but it soon leaves 
districts, when the forest is being cleared to any extent. 
““] have seen this bird from 600 to 3,000 feet elevation. It 
has a loud and rather pleasant ery, which it utters at intervals 
when climbing up the stem of some large tree, and when pass- 
ing from one tree to another it emits a loud chuckle. It 
rarely takesa long flight, and a pair may be heard a great 
distance off calling to each other, as they pass from tree to 
tree.—F. W. B.” 
A male measured :—Length,18; expanse, 24:5; wing, 8°6; 
tail, 7°5; tarsus, 1°35; bill at front, 2°55. 
A female measured :—Length, 17:12; expanse, 24; wing, 
31; tail, 7-25; tarsus, 1°29; bill at front, 2:5. 
175.—Chrysophlegma chlorophanes, Vievll. 
‘Almost as abundant as the next species, but less noisy, 
except during the breeding season. In February and March, 
the plaintive monotonous eall of these birds (which some- 
what resembles the breeding call of the common Pariah Kite), 
may be heard at all hours of the day, as they cling motionless 
to the topmost bough of some tall forest tree. 1 have rarely 
heard them utter any sound during flight.—F. W. B.” 
185.—Chrysonotus rubropygialis, Ialh. 
“One of the commonest birds among the hill forests, not 
occurring in the low country. I obtained two eggs of this 
species taken in March.—F. W. B.” 
I have already remarked, Vol. III, p. 328, that in my 
opinion this species could not be separated from C. intermedius, 
Blyth. Ihave now compared six Travancore specimens of 
the present species, with a large series of intermedius from 
various parts of the Tenasserim Provinces; in my opinion, 
there is absolutely no constant difference in the plumage of 
the two, although possibly the heads of the males in the 
Southern birds are of a slightly deeper and duller red. As 
regards the size again, some birds of both races are precisely 
identical in dimensions, alike of bills and wings, but this much 
may be conceded, that taking a series of both, the Southern 
birds would average somewhat smaller. This at any rate is 
true in my series, but it is not at all improbable that if I had 
as large a series of the Travancore birds, as of the others, I 
might meet with equally large specimens of the former. 
In the three Travancore males, the wings are, 5:3, 5:4, 5°55 ; 
amongst the Burman birds, though there are many wings as 
