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a slightly larger and decidedly brighter-colored bird. Mr. Gray, 

 I see, assigns Temminck's name to birds from Pegu and Tenas- 

 serim ; the specimens however sent me from Upper Pegu are 

 absolutely identical with numerous others that I possess from 

 various parts of the Himalayas ; on the other hand, birds from 

 Tenasserim are decidedly brighter-colored, but certainly not 

 larger than Himalayan examples. 



Mr. Oates says : " This species is common all over the hills, 

 and I have lately received it from Arracan. I found it chiefly in 

 thickly- wooded nullahs. In April it was, I think, breeding. 

 The contents of the stomach were bugs and small beetles. Males 

 measured: Length, 575 to 5'95; expanse, 8*5 to 9; tail, from 

 vent, 2-35 to 2-5; wing, 275 to 2*8 j bill, from gape, 075 

 to 0*77; tarsus, 0" 69 to 075. A. female measured : Length, 575 ; 

 expanse, 8 - 3 ; tail, from vent, 2*3; wing, 2' 7; bill, from gape, 

 0-66 ; tarsus, 074. 



" The bill is black ; the inside of the mouth, blackish (bluish 

 fleshy in the female) ; iris, dark hazel brown ; eyelids, bluish grey ; 

 legs, pinkish brown ; claws, the same." 



323.— Erythrosterna leucura, Gm. 



Pegu birds are similar to those from Sikhim and Eastern Bengal 

 generally. Mr. Oates says : ' ' I met with this bird once at Yattown 

 bungalow, where several were playing about in a Mango tope ; 

 this was in March. I have not met with it anywhere else, except 

 once at the end of December at Engmah. I do not think that it 

 can be common. The sexes appear to be of much the same size. 



"Length, 5*1 ; expanse, 8 to 8'3; tail, from vent, 2 to 2*1; 

 wing, 2*6, to 2*68; bill, from gape, 0'58j tarsus, - 67. 



" Iris, dark brown ; eyelids, plumbeous ; bill, dark brown, yellow 

 at gape, and greyish at base of lower mandible ; inside of mouth, 

 orange fleshy ; legs, very dark brown, almost black ; claws, dark 

 horny/'' 



343. — Myiophoneus Temminckii, Vig. 



A single specimen in Captain Feilden's collection was identical 

 with Himalayan specimens. This is pi-esumed to have been 

 obtained somewhere in the neighbourhood of Thayetmyo. Unfor- 

 tunately I know nothing of the distribution of this and the next 

 species. 



Mr. Oates however writes to me : " I think I am correct in 

 saying that Captain Feilden's collection was made entirely at 

 Thayetmyo, or at least on the west side of the Irrawaddy. The 

 Arracan Hills throw out bold spurs, which reach quite up to 

 Thayetmyo, forming nullahs such as a Mi/ioplioueus delights 

 in. No doubt his specimen, which you refer to Temminckii was 

 procured here, where only Temminckii should occur. 



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