MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 669 



This bamboo has an aggravating habit of throwing out its stems at all 

 angles, and they so intertwine one with another and bend over so close to 

 the ground that, except where paths have been cut, the greater part of the 

 forest is almost impenetrable except on one's hands and knees. 



My visit to Thandoung extended from the 1st to end of April, and I was 

 fortunate in meeting a congenial companion, the Hon'ble Mr. Justice 

 Robinson, an enthusiastic egg-collector. I have since repented that from 

 the commencement of my visit I did not also take up egg-collecting. 

 The following is a list of birds noticed and procured — a very meagre list 

 I am afraid — but I was much handicapped by the thickness of the forest, 

 and I can only hope that my list may be much added to by those interested 

 in birds who may pay Thandoung a visit :■ — 



4. Corvus macrorhynchus — The Jungle Crow. 



8. Corvus insolens — The Burmese House Crow. ^Noticed only round 

 dwellings and camping grounds. 



14. Cissa chinensis — The Green Magpie. — This bird was far from rare, 

 but its raucous call was far oftener heard than the bird was seen ; it is a 

 great skulker and very wary. Robinson shot for me the only specimen I 

 obtained. Karens brought me 2 well-grown nestlings on April 29th, which 

 reared and they became very tame. 



16. Dendrocitta rufa — The Indian Tree-pie. 



18. Dendrocitta Mmalayensis — The Himalayan Tree-pie. — Both these 

 birds svere represented at Thandoung. The day before 1 left, I noticed a 

 pair of the latter which appeared to be nesting, but I had not time to 

 make a hunt for the nest. 



41. MacMolophus spilonotus — The Black-spotted Yellow Tit. — This was a 

 very common little bird at Thandoung. I noticed a large party in the 

 middle of April which appeared to be a family party. 



64. Dryonastes chinensis — The Black- throated Laughing-Thrush. — I did 

 not procure this species at Thandoung itself, but Karens brought me a spe- 

 cimen from the lower hills, an elevation of about 2,500 feet. 



70. Garrulax belangeri — Burmese White-crested Laughing-Thrush. — This 

 bird was not very common on the top of the hill, much more plentiful lower 

 down the Ghaut. 



72. Garrulax pectoralis — The Black-gorgeted Laughing-Thrush. — Almost 

 as common at Thandoung as elsewhere, but rather local. I saw well grown 

 young birds just able to fly on April 23rd and so they must have commenced 

 nesting rather exceptionally early. 



86a. TrocJialopterum ramsayi — I only found this bird on two occasions 

 and each time they were solitary, no other birds of their species being near. 

 I shot both birds seen and expected them to be femiales with a nest, 

 but they both turned out to be males. T. ramsayi has a very pretty 



