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and those of the back and coverts faintly so ; the upper tail- 

 coverts rufescent ; the lores, a broad streak over eye ; the 

 space under the eye, the chin, throat, flanks, breast and 

 under tail-coverts a warm creamy buff. The ear-coverts 

 mingled brown and pale buff ; the sides of the neck con- 

 colorons with the upper portion ; two conspicuous bristles 

 on either side of the gape, black ; the under wiug-coverts and 

 the edge of the wing, as the flanks ; the belly and abdomen 

 nearly pure white ; the winglet and the greater upper wing- 

 coverts dark brown conspicuously edged with yellowish brown. 

 The primaries dark brown, narrowly edged, on the outer web 

 only, with yellowish brown ; the secondaries and tertiaries the 

 same', but with a broader edging ; the inner webs of all 

 the quills are edged with buff. This edging is narrow and short 

 on the first primary, but it broadens and lengthens progressively 

 up to the last secondary, and becomes nearly obsolete on the 

 tertiaries ; the tail is brown, each feather striated with close 

 indistinct fine lines of a darker shade, about "1 apart. All the 

 feathers tipped white, and on all but the central pair there is a 

 subterminal dark spot, more conspicuous from below than above. 



584 bis. — Enicurus guttatus, Gould. 



One specimen was procured on the Arrakan hills (Pegu side) 

 by Mr. Raikes's collector. It seems a typical example, for the 

 spots on the back are quite round. 



704.— Estrelda amandava, L. 



This bird, though very abundant, is very local. It appears 

 to be confined to the tract of low country surrounding Pegu. 

 Its limits, according to my experience, appear to be the Pegu 

 River and the Rangoon and Tonghoo road on the west ; the 

 Sittang River on the east ; the Paghain Creek on the north; 

 and the Pyne Kyoon Creek on the south. 



It abounds wherever it is met with, is a constant resident, 

 and associates in numerous flocks, feeding entirely on very 

 minute grass seeds. 



738.— Carpodacus erythrinus, Pall. 



A male was procured in January on the Arrakan hills; 

 precise locality unknown. 



767. — Alauda gulgula, Franklin. 



There is a Skylark in the Pegu plains, the song- of which, as 

 far as my recollection now serves me, is in no way inferior to 

 that of the common English bird. It is common within those 

 limits which I have assigned to Estrelda amandava. It seems to 

 be a constant resident, though, of course, in the rains it is not an 

 easy bird to get, and I cannot state positively that it does not 



