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202.—Stachyrhis rufifrons, Hume. (393 bis.) 
IT have no doubt this bird is pretty common on the Pegu 
hills, but I only met with it once or twice. 
203.—Mixornis rubricapillus, Tick. (395.) 
Excessively common in all parts of Pegu, except perhaps 
in the drier parts near Thyetmyo, where I do not remember 
to have observed it. 
204.—Timalia bengalensis, God.- Aust. (396.) 
Common in all parts of the province in the plains both in 
brushwood and in elephant grass. In all the plains round 
Pegu it is common to a degree. 
205.—Pellorneum tickelli, Bly. ; Trichastoma minus, 
Hume; Drymocataphus fulvus, Walden. 
(387 dvs). 
Mr. Hume favored me some time ago with a specimen of 
the bird he calls P. ticéelli, and also with one of his 7. minus. 
The latter is undoubtedly* the bird described by Blyth and 
Tickell, and also the bird I recorded from Upper Pegu (S. F., 
III, p. 119). Mr. Hume’s P. tickelli, which is much streaked 
on the breast, will require a new name I think. 
T think the Marquis of Tweeddale was right in classing 
this species under Drymocataphus. It is hardly a Pellorneum. 
(See Ibis, 1877, p. 451.) 
1 found this bird common on the Peeu hills in nullahs, 
creeping on the ground in brushwood on the banks. 
I wish to note that Mr. Hume’s P. tichelli appears so rare 
in Tenasserim that Mr. Davison got only one specimen. Of 
Trichastoma minus he got ten, and Tickell is therefore hardly 
likely to have got the former and not the latter. 
206.—Pellorneum subochraceum, Swinhoe ; P. minus, 
Hume. 
Common in every part of the province, except perhaps on 
some portions of the hills. 
207.—Pomatorhinus nuchalis, Tweeddalet (403.) 
In the list of the birds of Upper Pegu, (S. F., III, p. 121) 
* This is rather begging the question. I say per contra, and have quoted 
both descriptions, that they absolutely do xot apply to ZT. minus, and do 
exactly, word for word, agree withthe bird I call tickelli. But quot homines 
tot sententie.—Ep., S. F. 
{This is the only real point against my view, but can that outweigh he 
fact that the Gescriptions exactly fit one bird, while they can only, with difficulty, 
be made to cover the other P—Ep., S. F. 
{ This is P. lewcogaster, Gould. I have fully discussed this question, S. F , IX, 251, 
One Thyetmyo specimen that we have is typical schisticeps, while another is 
inseparable from a Simla lJeucogaster. I suspect Mr. Oates had overlooked my 
elaborate exposition of this question loc, cit. sup.—Ep., 8. FB, 
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