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" I did not discriminate Eugene! from the Arracan bird till 

 you pointed out the differences between the two. I have now 

 no hesitation in assigning Temminckii to the Arracan Hills, and 

 generally to the whole country west of the Irrawaddy, and 

 Eugene I to the Pegu Hills extending eastwards, certainly as far 

 as the Sittang. 



" Perhaps therefore, Temminckil should hardly find a place 

 in our list." 



343 bis. — Myiophoneus Eugenei, Hwne. 



This species has already been described (Stray Feathers, 1873, 

 p. 475). It appears to be common throughout the Pegu Hills 

 to Tonghoo. Mr. Oates remarks : ' ' It is generally found singly 

 in rocky nullahs. Length, 13 - 1 to 13'5 ; expanse, 22*2; tail, 

 from vent, 5*4; bill, straight from gape, 1*6 to 1*7 ; wing, 6*9 to 

 7*2; tarsus, 2*32; the bill, orange yellow ; the region of nostrils 

 and anterior half of culmen, dark brown ; iris, umber brown ; 

 eyelids, straw yellow ; feet, legs, and claws, black." 



344 bis. — Hydrornis Oatesi, Hume. 



This species was characterized in Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 477, 

 and we have nothing to add to what was there stated in regard to it. 



345 Us. — Brachyurus moluccensis, Mull. 



The numerous specimens sent by both Captain Feilden and 

 Mr. Oates are precisely identical with specimens that I have received 

 from Rangoon, Tenasserim, and Malacca. The bird reminds one 

 much of Brachi/urus coronatus, but is distinguished at a glance 

 by its glistening blue wing coverts. 



Mr. Oates says : " It measures : Length, 8*1 to 8 - 35 ; expanse, 

 15'8 to 16; wing, 4"7 to 4*9; tarsus, 1*5 to 1*65; bill, at front, 

 095 to 1*05; from gape, 1*2 to l - 25 ; tail, from vent 1*5 to 1*9. 



" The irides are dark brown ; the eyelids and a bare spot behind 

 the eye, bluish lead color ; the bill, black ; legs and feet, fleshy 

 pink, tinged dusky or bluish on the tarsus ; claws, pale horny " 



The lores, a streak over the eye, cheeks, ear coverts, sides of the 

 head, and a broad nuchal collar, velvet black ; forehead, occiput, 

 and nape, a sort of brownish fawn, varying a great deal in shade 

 in different individuals, and with a dark blackish brown central 

 stripe ; back, scapulars, and tertials, a somewhat dingy sap green ; 

 rump and upper tail coverts, bluish green ; the feathers, broadly 

 tipped with shining smalt (?) blue, so as to leave no other color visible 

 until the feathers are disturbed. The tail is black, obscurely tipped 

 with blue ; the primaries and their greater coverts are black, with a 

 conspicuous white bar on the inner webs of the first two and on 

 both webs of the other primaries, sometimes on both webs of all 



