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22.— Lophospiza indica, Eodgs. 



One immature specimen of this species was procured by Mr. 

 Oates on the eastern slopes of the Pegu Hills ; latitude, 19° north. 

 It is apparently identical with birds from various parts of India. 

 Mr. Oates says : " I only procured one specimen, and this on the 

 Pegu Hills, where it appears to be rare. It measured : Length, 161; 

 expanse, 29 - 5 ; tail, from vent, 8*0 ; wing, 8 - 6 ; bill, straight from 

 gape to tip, 1 - 1 ; tarsus, 2" 7. 



" Upper mandible and tip of lower, dark brown or black; remain- 

 der of lower mandible, plumbeous ; cere and gape, lemon yellow ; 

 eyelids, naked skin of face, and base of bill in advance of gape, 

 dusky green; edges of eyelids, yellow; iris, bright yellow; 

 inside of mouth, deep blue ; legs, yellow ; claws, black." 



I follow Mr. Gray in separating the Indian form from tri- 

 virgatus ; I have not myself compared specimens, but judging 

 from the dimensions given by Schlegel and others, our Indian 

 birds must be considerably more robust. 



23 ter.— Micronisus poliopsis, Hume. 



I described this species, Stray Feathers, Vol. II, p. 235. It is 

 a perfectly separable race, but whether it should or should not 

 be specifically separated must, of course, remain a matter of 

 opinion. I have seen specimens from Thayetmyo, Rangoon, and 

 Tenasserim, and Mr. Sharpe, who had independently recog- 

 nized the distinctness of this race, informs me that he has seen 

 it from Siam and Cambodia also. 



Mr. Oates remarks that " the Burmese Shikra is extremely 

 common from the Bay of Bengal to Tonghoo. Of ten specimens 

 noted, eight had the irides yellow, and two red ; these latter are 

 apparently old." 



He adds later : " I found a family of five together on the 16th 

 June, and shot two. These were young. They were fully fledged 

 and were able to fly as fast as the old birds. The nest appeared 

 to have been on a high branch of a huge Peepul tree. A few 

 fragments could be seen from below. 



24.— Accipiter nisus, Lin. 



Captain Feilden says : " I shot an European Sparrow-hawk at 

 Thayetmyo." Mr. Oates, however, never seems to have met with 

 this species, though he has collected in the neighbourhood of 

 Thayetmyo for more than two years, and perhaps the identifica- 

 tion may be doubtful. 



25. — Accipiter virgatus, Tem. 



Captain Feilden says : " I obtained one specimen of the Besra 

 Sparrow-hawk at Thayetmyo." I. have seen no specimen, and 

 Mr. Oates appears to have procured none. 



