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473 bis. — Oriolus xanthonotus, Ilorsf. Pahchan ; not common. 



563. — Reguloides occipitalis, Jerd. Common from August to 

 February in Southern Tenasserim. 



587 bis. — Enicurus ruficapillus, Tern. Pahchan, eye. ; not com- 

 mon. 



593 quat. — Budytes flava, Lin. Mergui, Tenasserim; common. 



601. — Corydalla striolata, Bly. Mergui; rare; single speci- 

 men obtained. 



668 ter. — Platylophus malaccensis, Cab. Not uncommon 

 towards the base of the hills in the southern extremity of 

 the province. 



688 Temenuchus malabaricus,* Gm. Mergui ; rare. 



701 bis. — Munia leucogastra, Blyth. Common at the southern 

 extremity of the province. 



703 quat. — Erythrura prasina, Sparrm. Common towards the 

 extreme south of Tenasserim. 



774 bis. — Osmotreron vernans, Lin. Common. 



797 ter. — Geopelia striata, Lin. Pahchan ; common, but only 

 there. 



831. — Excalfactoria chinensis, Lin. Pahchan; not common. 



848. — iEgialitis cantianus, Lath. Mergui ; not common. 



882. — Tringa subarquata, Giild. Mergui. 



884. — Tringa minuta, Leisl. Mergui; not very common, appear 

 to me to be true minuta, but further comparison is needed. 



923. — Ardea cinerea, Lin. Pahchan ; not common. 



928 bis. — Demiegretta sacra, Gmel. Mergui ; not plentiful. 



942 bis. — Geronticus Davisoni, Hume. Pakchan; not rare, 

 but very wary {supra, p. 300.) 



980. — Xema brunneicephala, Jerd. Not uncommon. 



983. — Gelochelidon anglicus, Mont. Mergui : rare. 



Blyth described the two species, J. A. S. B., XIV., pp. 567 and 568, and his descrip- 

 tion of brunneus omits the main difference, viz. that of size. I have examined the 

 types, and I find that pfamosm differs in having the coverts and the qui'ls and rectrices 

 very decidedly margined with yellowish olive green, in being everywhere greener above, 

 in being larger. (Length, 775 to 8 against 7 to 73 in brunneus, and wing 325 to 35 

 against 3 - to 33 in brunneus), in having the shafts of the ear-coverts more conspicu- 

 ously pale than brunneus, and in having the chin and throat more albescent and the 

 entire lower surface a purer brown. The type specimens are old and faded, but I have 

 now a good series, six of each sex of brunneus, from Tenasserim, as also a dozen (all 

 but one however males) of plumosus, from the same locality, and their identity with the 

 types and the distinctness of these is, to my mind, indubitable. 1 may add that I have 

 also Ixos (Pycnonotus) pusillus, Salvad., op. cit. p. 200, from the extreme south of 

 Tenasserim, a perfectly good species, much smaller than either of the preceding, with a 

 comparatively much smaller bill. With good specimens I cannot understand any 

 confusion between plumosus and brunneus, but even with the worst specimens the 

 longer, much darker bill of plumosus more rapidly compressed immediately beyond the 

 nostrils, ought to serve to distinguish the two. 



Whether either of these three species is simplex of Lesson, Eevue. Zool., 1839, p. 167, 

 it seems quite impossible to determine. 



* These Temenuehi are true malabaricus, identical with continental Indian speci- 

 mens and conspicuously different from the race or species from Northern Tenasserim, 

 which I called Icucopterus. (Stkay Feathbbs, Vol. II., p. 180, note.) 



