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spots near the tips ; under wing-coverts, yellowish white ; edge 

 of wing, golden yellow; the scapulars with some of the outer 

 webs pure white, narrow and sharply pointed. 



344.— Hydrornis nipalensis, Eodg. 



One bird, similar to Himalayan specimens, w r as brought to 

 me from the Arrakan hills, where it was shot in January. 



384.— Gampsorynchus rufulus, Bl. 



One specimen was brought in to me from Nj^oungyo, better 

 known as Mountjoy, on the Arrakan hills in June. 



448.— Hemixus flavala, Sodg, 



One specimen, also from Mountjoy. Mr. Hume examined 

 this and the preceding two species, and declared them all to be 

 undistinguishable from Indian specimens. 



514.— Cyanecula suecica, Lin. 



This bird is frequently seen in the grass-covered plains sur- 

 rounding Pegu up to, at least, the 1st of May. On this date 

 I procured a female. The blue of the throat and breast is 

 very pale, but the buff patch is large and bright. It is in this 

 specimen nearly surrounded by a broad black line which takes 

 the form of a triangle, the base of which is the pectoral baud 

 and the apex on the gullet where, however, the two sides do not 

 quite meet. The pectoral band is comparatively narrow, and 

 there is hardly a trace of rufous below it. It measured : — 

 Length, 6 - 0; expanse, 9*0; tail, 2*1; wing, 2*7; bill from 

 gape, *75 ; tarsus, 1*15 ; the ovaries were still small. 



A male, shot on the 10th of April, has not quite finished 

 his moult, but the blue and buff are nevertheless brilliant. The 

 tips of the feathers on the buff patch are whitish. The pec- 

 toral band very broad and deep black, while the rufous below is 

 very indistinct and fails to catch the eye. The dimensions 

 were : Length, 6'15 ; expanse, 8'7 ; tail, 2'3 ; wing, 2"8 ; tarsus, 

 1"U4 ; bill from gape, "7. 



In both birds the iris was dark brown ; the eyelids, plum- 

 beous ; the bill, black ; the gape and inside of the mouth, 

 yellow ; the claws, dark brown ; and while in the female 

 the legs were dark purplish black, in the male they were 

 dusky flesh-colour. 



515bis. — Acrocephalus orientalis*, Schleg. A. magni- 

 rostris, Swinhoe. 

 The Eastern Reed Thrush, as Mr. Swinhoe terms it, is 

 exceedingly common throughout the plains of Pegu from the 

 Sittang to the Pegu river and from Kyeikpadein to Myitkyo. 

 Outside these limits I have not observed it. 



* Thus iik'utilied by Mr. Hume. 



