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from the Wynaad is very dark ; one from Kutch, again, is very 

 similar to Blanfordi ; and one from Sambhur is undisting'uishable 

 from Thayetmyo birds ; in the wings, there seems to be no appre- 

 ciable difference. A male from Thayetmyo has the wing 4 - l ; 

 so has one from Raipoor, and another from the Wynaad. A 

 Kutch male has the wing only 3 '8, and another obtained below 

 Simla has it 4. There is no real distinction in the length of 

 the bill. A Thayetmyo male has the bill 08, two others, 0*98. 

 The Simla bird, 1-05; the Raipoor bird, 0'93; the Wynaad bird, 

 1 ; the Kutch bird, 0*85, (but the tip of the latter is slightly 

 broken). Captain Feilden says of this species: "Male, length, 

 7*12 to 7*5 • female, 6 - 25 ; iris, red; bill, bluish white, tipped 

 horny/'' 



He adds : " This bird descends a tree, tail foremost, with very 

 great ease. It is found everywhere, from the compounds of 

 Thayetmyo to the tops of the highest hills. " 



Mr. Oates says : " Common near the banks of the Irrawaddy, 

 but I have not observed it far inland. It affects thick forests 

 generally, but sometimes comes near houses. The stomach of 

 one contained small beetles. I measured two specimens. 



" The one, a male; of the other the sex was not discernable. 



"The dimensions were: Length, 7*5 to 7'6; expanse, 12*7 to 

 13; tail, from vent, 2' 6 to 2*8; wing, 4; bill from gape, 1*1 to 

 1*18, • tarsus, 072. 



" Bill, a clear bluish plumbeous, dark on the culmen and tip of 

 both mandibles ; inside of mouth, bluish fleshy ; eyelids, dark 

 brown ; irides, deep red ; legs and feet, bright plumbeous ; claws, 

 horny blue. " 



163 Us.— Yungipicus canicapillus, Blyth. 



Mr. Oates says: "This species is universally distributed between 

 Thayetmyo and Tonghoo, but still it is not very common; it creeps 

 about the smaller branches of trees. 



"The following are dimensions of males measured: Length, 

 5-3 to 5-8; expanse, 10 to 10-8; tail, from vent, 1-8 to 1-85; 

 wing, 3*18 to 3*35; bill, from gape, 0'7 to 0*72; tarsus, 0'55 

 to 0-58. 



"Bill, dark plumbeous, paler at gape and on the greater portion 

 of lower mandible ; iris, reddish-hazel ; eyelids, purplish blue ; 

 feet, dusky green; claws, horn color.'" 



Of this species Captain Feilden, who considers them common 

 about Thayetmyo, remarks that the birds living in dense jungle, 

 and those in the outskirts of cultivation, appear to differ in 

 size, and in the centre secondaries of the jungle or smaller bird 

 being larger than the outer ; whereas in the large or cultivation- 

 haunting bird they are of the same length. He gives the length 

 of birds shot at the edge of cleanings : males, 5-37 to 5-02, and 



