A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF PRGU: 201 
The wing spot is pure white. 
The axillaries are pale buff. 
The dark portion of the tail and the shafts are black. 
The white of the tailis small. On the first pair, from the 
outside, the white measure ‘6; on the second also ‘6; on the 
third, ‘85 ; and on the fourth, 1:7 in length. 
In the present species the upper plumage is hair brown; the 
rump and upper tail-coverts conspicuously paler. 
The wing spot is yellow, 
The axillaries are yellow. 
The dark portions of the tail are brown, and the shafts pale 
hair brown. 
The white of the tail is extensive. On the first pair, the 
white measures *8; on the second, *8; on the third, 1:3; on 
the fourth, 2°1 in length. 
In cinereus the white on the fourth pair of rectrices extends 
to only half the width of the inner web. In cantonensis, the 
white extends to the edge of the inner web for a distance of 
one and a quarter inches. The tail, closed and viewed fron 
below, is entirely white. In cinereus the closed tail, viewed 
from below, has about equal quantities of black and white. 
The dimensions of the two species do not differ in any 
important particular, and Mr. Hume has already given sufli- 
cient information on this head (8. F., V, 176) when dealing 
with the bird he named tmmodestus.* 
Both these species occur at Kyeikpadein in a thick and 
almost impenetrable grove of mango trees with an under- 
growth of pineapples. I have tried unsuccessfully to procure 
males, I have compared the Pegu birds with Mr. Swinhoe’s 
series of cantonensis now in Mr. Seebolim’ s collection. 
164.—Buchanga atra, Herm. (278.) 
In Pegu this Drongo is only a cold weather visitor. It is 
very abundant from October to January in all suitable loca- 
lities, and less common from January to March. 
165.—Dicrurus annectans, Hodgs. (279.) 
A passing visitor in October, when it is very abundant near 
* And this, and not cantonensis, I am inclined to think, Mr. Oates’ birds are, 
As to the distinctness of this form from cinereus, on which Mr. Oates now insists 
in detail, I pointed this out when dealing with it, and suggesting the name 
immodestus, 8. F., V, 176. At the time I pointed out that this approached can- 
tonensis, but I also showed how it, and especially the male, differed. It is possible 
that my male (I only got one male and seven females) is a young bird, though it 
does not look so; but it is separable at once from our only cantonensis, by its much 
duller rump, distinct wing bar, and darker upper surface. 
However, with only one adult male of each form it is impossible to be certain, and 
on the comparison of the females only no reliance can be placed. The matter must 
remain sub.judice till Mr. Oates gets a series of males.—EbD., 8. F. 
