322 A SECOND LIST OF THE BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



391, — Stachyris nigriceps, Hodgs. Tenasserim Town; rare; a 

 single specimen obtained. 



396 bis. — Tiraalia erythroptera,* Bly. Common at the southern 

 extremity of Tenasserim. 



396 ter. — Malacopteron majus, Bly. Pakchan ; rare. 



39b* ier A. — Malacopteron ferruginosum, Bly. Pakchan, Male- 

 woon ; not common. 



396 ter B. — Malacopteron olivaceum, Bly. Very common 

 about the southern portion of the province. 



396 quat. — Drymocataphus nigricapitatus, Eyton. Malewoon, 

 Sfc. ; rare. These are the true nigricapitatus, with the 

 sides of the head grey, spotted and lined with white. 



447 ter. — Hypsipetes malaccensis, Bly. Pakchan ; not uncom- 

 mon. 



451 quat A. — Criniger tristis, Bly. (Ibis, 1865, p. 47). Banka- 

 soon, Pakchan ; not rare. 



451 quint. — Tricholestes minutus, Bartl. Common throughout 

 the extreme south of the province. 



452 sex. — Ixos analis, Horsf. Very common throughout the 

 southern portions of the province. 



452 sept. — Ixos plumosus, Blyth. Common. 

 452 oct. — Ixos brunneusjt Blyth. Common. 

 452 nov. — Ixos pusillus, Salvad. Pakchan ; rare. 

 466 ter. — Phyllornis cyanopogon, Tern. Bankasoon ; rather 

 rare. 



* Count Salvadori, " Uccelli di Borneo," p. 214, speaking of this species, remarks that 

 he is convinced that two supposed species, the one with the whole head and neck grey 

 and the back also grey and tinged with olive, and the other with the crown, occiput, 

 nape, and back rufescent chesnut (or rather as I should say rufescent olive) are merely 

 different sexes of the same species — the former being the males, the latter the females. 

 The latter, the alleged females, were described by Blyth, J. A. S. B., XL, p. 794, 

 under the name of Erythroptera as follows : — " Length, 5-25 ; wing, 2-25 ; tail, 2 - ; 

 its outermost feathers 075 shorter than the middle ones; bill to forehead, 062; to gape, 

 075 ; tarsi a little exceeding, 75. Upper parts rufous olive brown, darker on the 

 head ; the wings bright rufo-t'erruginous ; forehead, sides of head, throat, foreneck, 

 and breast ash colour, becoming paler towards the belly ; flanks pale fulvous brown ; 

 bill dusky; legs apparently yellowish." The former, the supposed male, was described 

 by Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 46, under the name of bicolor as follows : — " Like T. erythrop- 

 tera, nobis, but dark ashy with rufous mantle wings and tail." Salvadori himself further 

 describes the male as follows : — " Head, neck, all round, and breast leaden ashy; the back 

 on the other hand and rump concolorous, tinged with olive; the abdomen grey, slightly 

 tinged with olive ; bill horny black; feet brown ; irides red. In fresh specimens the 

 skin of the head and neck blue." Of the supposed female he says: " Similar to the 

 male but with back rufescent chesnut, tinged with olive, as are the nape and occiput." 



Now I cannot think that the supposed males of Salvadori really, as he says, belong 

 to the same species as those described by Blyth as erythroptera. We obtained 13 speci- 

 mens, two of which are not sexed ; of the remainder six are males and five females, 

 and apparently all adults ; all agree perfectly and absolutely with Blyth's original 

 description. Not one of them shew any tendency to approach Blyth's bicolor, or the 

 fuller description of this species given by Salvadori. It is very probable that both 

 species occur in the Malay Peninsula, and both may occur in Borneo (but Salvadori 

 only appears to have got males) but that the two species are distinct our large series, 

 in my opinion, abundantly proves. 



f I notice that Count Salvadori, Birds of Borneo, pp. 198, 199, places Ixus plmno- 

 sus, Blyth, as the male, and I. brunneus, Blyth, as the female of the same species. 



