■mOJOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIV, 



No. X.— NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN BIBDS 

 IN THE SOUTHERN SHAN STATES OF BURMA. 



We wish to record the occurrence in Burma of the following birds which, 

 as far aa we can ascertain, have not hitherto been recorded from this 

 Province : — 



1. Ixulus flavicollis — Yellow-nape d Ixulu?. — Nine specimens shot on Loi 

 Pang-nan 7,000' to 8,000' near the Mekong river, 



2. Sitta himalayensis — White-tailed Nuthatch. — Only procured once on Loi 

 Hsam-hsum-Salween- Mekong water-sbed bordering on Siam, at 7,500'. 



3. Sitta formosa — Beautiful Nuthatch. — One specimen shot on Salween- 

 Mekong water-shed at 7,000'. 



The above three species, strange to say, have not yet been obtained on any 

 of the other high ranges of Burma. 



4. Syrnium mivicola — Himalayan Wood Owl. — One bird procured on " Crag" 

 Taunggyi at 5,500', another seen at the same time. 



5. Aquila heliaca—lrmpenal Eagle,— One bird in the young phase of, 

 plumage shot at Wanhat (Mawkmai State) at 1,200'. 



6. Alsocom^'s pulchricolUs — Ashy Wood- Pigeon. — A single specimen 

 obtained on Loi Maw at 7,200'. This forms the connecting link in the 

 distribution of this species from Assam to the Island of Formosa. 



The undermentioned birds have been forwarded to Colonel Bingham for 

 identification : — 



7. Suthora. — An apparently undescribed species shot at 8,300' on Loi 

 Pang-nau. 



8. ScoeorhyncJius. — A diminutive species undescribed in Vol. I, Fauna of 

 British India, " Birds." Shot at 2,500' at the head-waters of the Sittang river. 



9. Urocichla. — A species quite distinct from the two described in Yol. I^ 

 Fauna of British India, Birds. Obtained on Loi Pang-nau at 8,300'. 



■^^* >Two species of Cyornis, one of which is a very beautiful bird. 



12, Stietospisa formosa. — Identification doubtful, 



13, Stachyrhis. — A species resembling S. nigriceps. Shot at the head- 

 waters of the Sittang at 1,000'. 



14, Accipiter. — A species related to A. virgatus. Shot at 7,000' on the 

 Menfe-taung. 



TAaNGGYi, r H. N. THOMPSON, f.z.s. 



Southern Shan States, tw, H, CRADDOCK. 



BuKMA, Ihth June 1902. 



No. XT.— SWORD-FISH STRIKING A SHIP. 



I am sending 5 ou the sword of some sea monster which I am unable to 

 identify, its history may prove interesting enough to find it a place in your 

 museum, and it is as follows: — 



Last February an Arab buggalow belonging to Muscat was on its way there 

 from Cutch. A few days out it struck something on the port bow which th9 



