A LIST OF BIRDS FROM ARAKAN. 1203 



549. AcRiDOTHERBS TRisTis. — Com/non House Myna. 



Common everywiiere. 



552. CEthiopsar fuscus. — The Jungle Myna. 



Common in all suitable localities, but I failed to find a nest. 



556. Sturnopastor sxjperciliaris. — Burmese Pied Myna. 



Very common and breeds in large numbers near towns and villages 

 in May. Mr. Gates writes under S. contra : " A specimen from Arakan in 

 the British Museum is a typical S. contra. " Every single bird which I met 

 with, and I shot some dozens, and examined many more through glasses 

 at close range were typical S. superciliaiis. The British Museum specimen 

 must, therefore, have been a rare straggler. 



Family Mtjscicapid^. 



Flycatchers are scarcely as numerous as might be expected, and I failed 

 to meet with several usually common species. I am inclined to think that 

 I did not overlook many, as I take a rather particular interest in this 

 family . 



558. Hemichelidon sibirica. — Sooty Fly-catcher. 



Apparently confined to Kyaukpaudaung, where I obtained a specimen on 

 May 7th, 1909. From the date, I should judge it to be resident. 



562. SiPHiA ALBiciLLA. — Eastern Red-breasted Fly-catcher. 



Common winter migrant approximately from November to March. 

 All in female dress. 



569. Cyornis MEiANOLEUcus. — Little Pied Fly-catcher. 



Common in Kyaukpaudaung at about 4,000 feet, not seen elsewhere. 



575. Cyornis rubeculoides. — Blue-throated Ply-catcher. 



Appears common. 



592. CuLiciCAPA CEYLONENSis. — Grey-headed Fly-catcher. 



Common. 



594. NiLTAVA SUNDARA. — Rufous-belliod Niltava. 



Though several times seen, I failed to shoot a specimen ; but I am well 

 acquainted with the bird which I obtained in. the Upper Chindwin, not 

 a great distance from Arakan as the crow (or Niltava ! ) flies, so I think it 

 may safely be recorded. 



599. Terpsiphone afpinis. — Burmese Paradise Fly-catcher. 



Fairly common in suitable localities. I got a nest from an evergreen 

 stream with two fresh eggs on 13th April 1909. The nest was placed in the 

 angle between the stem and leaf of a wild canna. Cock bird in chestnut 

 plumage. 



605. Rhipidura albicoilis. — White-throated Fantail Fly-cather. 



Not common. One of the birds which haunts the gloomy bamboo forests 

 of the Yoma, where I first observed it. 



