324 A SECOND LIST OF THE BIRDS OF TENASSEKIM, 



989. — Pelicanopus Bergii, Licht. 3Iergul, fyc; not rare ; iden- 

 tical 1 think with birds from Muscat, the Mekran Coast, 

 Sindh, Bombay, the Laccadives, the Malabar Coast, and 

 the mouths of the Hooghly. 



Next I subjoin a list of those species which, though entered 

 ( in italics) in my first list, had not been actually procured by 

 us when this latter was printed, but of which we have secured 

 specimens during this past cold season. 



Of the birds herein noted I need only remark that Mr. 

 Davison is probably the first European who has ever seen the 

 great Argus in large numbers wild, and that though he failed to 

 obtain the eggs, he succeeded in capturing chicks apparently 

 not above a day old. 



40. — Pandion haliaetus, Lin. 



43. — Cuncuma leucogaster, Gm. 



48 bis. — Butastur indicus, Gm. 



54. — Circus seruginosus, Lin. 



74. — Ephialtes pennatus, Hodgs. 



75 quint. — Ephialtes Lempiji, Horsf. 

 118. — Merops philippinus, Lin. (M. Daudinii, Cuv). 

 126. — Eurystomus orientalis, Lin. 

 128. — Pelargopsis amauroptera, Pears. 

 165 ter. — Meiglyptes tristis, Horsf. 

 173 ter. — Chrysophlegma puniceus, Horsf. 

 173 quat. — Chrysophlegma malaccensis,* Lath. 

 203. — Cuculus micropterus, Gould. 

 216 ter. — Zanclostornus javanicus, Horsf. 

 218. — Centrococcyx bengalensis, Gm. 

 289. — Tchitrea affinis, Hay\ 

 449 bis. — Trachycomus ochrocephalus, Gm. Very common 



throughout the southern extremity of the province. 

 451 quat. — Criniger phaiocephalus, Hartl. Rather rare. 

 468 bis. — Jora Lafresnayi, Hartl. 

 532. — Prinia flaviventris, Deless. Malewoon ; rare. 

 803 ter. — Argus giganteus, Tern. Not rare in the hills. 

 809 his. — Euplocamus Vieilloti, G, R. Gr. Common in the hills. 

 831 ter. — Rollulus roulroul, Scop. Not rare at the extreme 

 south of the province. 



* I note that Dr. Sclater remarks, (P. Z. S., 1863, p. 211,) when writing of Venilia 

 {Gallolophus) malaccensis that" Malherbe figures the present bird (Picidce, II., PI. 76) 

 but calls it wrongly miniata." This is, I think, a mistake. Malherbe figures the back 

 as red (not as greenish as in malaccensis) and in his description, (p. 117), says, " le doa 

 est d'un rouge vif, ondule" de rouge blanchatre" 



On the other hand, Malherbe figures the hinder part of the crest as yellow, whereas 

 in the Javan birds the whole crest, as well as the back, is said by Dr. Sclater to be red. 

 I however, have seen a specimen bought at Singapore (but brought probably from 

 some of the Islands) corresponding in all respects with Malherbe's figure and 

 description, and I conclude that his bird, as well as the specimen I refer to, were either 

 varieties of miniata or else belonged to another nearly allied race. 



