92 A FIRST LIST OP THE 



" Bill at gape and the greater portion of the lower mandible, 

 pale plumbeous, with a pinkish tinge ; whole upper mandible and 

 tip of lower, blackish horny ; irides, dark brown ; eyelids, greyish ; 

 legs, dark brown ; claws, horny.'" 



263.— Tephrodornis pelvica, Hodgs. 



Specimens from Thayetmyo are precisely identical with others 

 from Nipal, Bhootan, Tipperah, &c. 



Dr. Jerdon does not notice that there is a considerable differ- 

 ence in the sexes in this species. The males have the whole bill 

 black ; the females have the base and gape of both mandibles 

 flesh-colored. The males have a band extending from the culmen 

 on either side through the lores, eyes and ear coverts, jet black ; 

 and the whole of the upper part of the head inside these stripes, 

 ashy grey. The females want this black stripe entirely, and 

 merely have the ear coverts a little darker than the brown of the 

 head, and have the whole of the top of the head unicolorous with the 

 back, only the shafts of the feathers being a slightly darker brown. 



Mr. Oates remarks: "The Nipal Wood-Shrike, as Jerdon 

 calls it, is not uncommon in the plains, and is very common in 

 the Evergreen Forests. It goes in flocks, and has a melodious 

 call. A male measured: Length, 8*1; expanse, 13*5; tail, from 

 vent, 3*4; wing, 4*6; bill, from gape, 1*24; tarsus, 08. 



" The bill, black ; eyelids, dark plumbeous ; irides, a sickly 

 yellow ; legs, plumbeous brown ; claws, dark horny. 



" Three females varied: Length, 8*35 to 8*7; expanse, 14*2; 

 tail, from vent, 3*5 j wing, 4*5 to 4"65 ; bill, from gape, 1*15 to 

 1-18 ; tarsus, 0-83 to 0-86. 



" Soft parts, as in the males, but the bill is paler, and the gape 

 and base of both mandibles flesh-colored." 



265.— Tephrodornis pondiceriana, Gm. 



The specimens from Thayetmyo, of which I have received 

 several, seem to average slightly smaller than those from any 

 other part of India, but they are not otherwise distinguishable ; 

 and as I have already noticed (Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 443) this 

 species is one that varies locally very widely, and of which the 

 numerous races grade one into the other from Ceylon to Sindh, 

 and Sindh to Thayetmyo. 



Mr. Oates remarks: "The Common Wood-Shrike is often seen, 

 but generally singly ; occasionally it seats itself in the topmost 

 bough of a tree, and sings a well-connected and rather pretty 

 song. This I heard at the end of April. It is generally dis- 

 tributed ; but I cannot remember if I met with it on the eastern 

 slopes of the hills. The white eye streak is much more developed 

 in our birds here than in a specimen I have from Kutch." 



