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A LIST OF BIRDS FOUND IN THE MYINGYAN 

 DISTRICT OF BURMA. 



BY 



K. 0. Maodonald. 



Part II. 



{Continued from page 194 of this Volume.) 



XXII. — Family Upvpidcp. 



1067. Ufupa inclica. — The Indian Hoopoe. 

 Local name " Taung-pi-sot ". A resident, although locally migratory bird. 

 In January the Fyingyan cantonment appears full of them, — half a dozen 

 under every big tree, — yet in March scarcely a bird is to be seen there. It 

 sometimes screeches when on the wing like a flushed snipe but louder and 

 harsher. I took two eggs from a nest at the bottom of Popa on the 9th June 

 and again four fresh eggs on the 28th May. The nest was in a hole of a tree, 

 about 10 feet from the ground. 



XXIII. — Family Cypselida. 

 1074. Cypselus sitbf urcatus. — The Malay House Swift. 

 Local name " Pyanhlwa meekya ". One or two colonies breed annually on 

 the cliffs of the Irrawaddy at Pagan and at Sale. At the end of February 

 1902 I saw no trace of the birds at their usual places, but my man brought mc 

 many eggs at the beginning of April. The nests are made of straw, feathers, 

 o-rass, etc., cemented with saliva and sand, and placed in holes in the cliffs from 

 3 inches to 2 feet deep. The same holes in the cliffs are used year after year, 

 each successr. e nest beiigmade further in and behind the preceding year's ore, 

 the holes apparently deepened as required. 



1076. Tachornis infumatus.—The Eastern Palm Swift. 

 Local name " Pyanhlwa". Common. 



1086. Macropteryx coronata —The Indian Crested Swift. 

 Only met with on I opa where it is common and breeds. I came across a 

 fully fledged young bird on the 10th April. 



XXIV.— Family Caprimulgidai. 

 1091. Caprimulgus asitttkus.—lhe Ccn men Indian Nightjar. 

 Local name " Mye-wot ". Very common. Eggs from April till June or 



July. 



1096. Lycomis cerviniceps. — The Great Eared Nightjar. 



I shot one bird on Popa in April. 



XXV- — Family Cuculidce. 

 1104. Cucuhis canorus. — The Cuckoo. 

 I found quite a number of cuckoos were flying about the Myingyan old car- 

 Lonment during the cold weather of 1901-02. Its stay is very short. 



1113. Cacomantis mmilinus.— The Rufous-bellied Cuckoo. 

 Quite common. 



