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Mr. Hume does not admit these different species.* I have 
however examined enough specimens of both these species to 
convince myself of their absolute distinctness, I can of course 
form no opinion of the other Indian species. They are 
probably like the Phylloscopi, all very much alike, till small 
structural differences are discovered. 
309.—Saraglossa spiloptera, Vig. (691.) 
Captain Ramsay records this bird from Tounghoo. I have 
not met with it.f 
310.—Ampeliceps coronatus, Bly. (693 ter.) 
A few specimens have been procured by me _ near 
Kyeikpadein in the course of some years. It appears to be 
rare, It is recorded from Tounghoo (? district) by both Blyth 
and Major Lloyd, and Dr. Armstrong got it at Elephant 
Point. 
311.—Ploceus baya, Bly. (694 dis.) 
Very common over the whole province in the plains. 
312.—Ploceus manyar, Horsf. (695.) 
Very common, but confined to the grassy plains, never 
building its nest in any thing but elephant or similarly large 
grass. 
313.—Ploceus bengalensis, Lin. (696.) 
Mr. Blanford records this from Thyetmyo. I have never 
met with it. t 
314.—Ploceella javanensis, Less. (696 dis.) 
I think Mr. Hume will prove to have been correct in separat- 
ing the Pegu bird from the Java bird (8. F., VI, p. 399 n.) 
under the name of chrysea. Our bird appears to be remarkably 
local, not even occurring in Tenasserim. It is very common 
in the Pegu province, extending up to Thyetmyo and Tounghoo. 
The Sittang and Irrawaddy appear to be the boundaries of its 
distribution. 
* No, because while admitting that these and a dozen other minute differences 
can be pointed out between groups collected in different localities, I hold that as 
all these can be shown to be bridged over by intermediate forms, none of these 
races are entitled to specific rank. There is no dispute about the facts; it is merely 
& question of opinion as to how we shall treat them.—ED., 8. F. 
+ Dr. Armstrong gave me a pair shot near Elephant Point, and we have three 
other specimens from near Rangoon.—ED., S. F. 
{ Nor have I ever seen it from any part of British Burma, and when Blanford 
wrote the paper referred to he was only just taking up birds, and I am by no means 
sure that there was not some mistake in his identificatiun.—Eb., S. F. 
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