646 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIII. 



ACTINODUKA RAMSAYI RAMSAYI, Walden. 



Ramsai/'s Bar-ioing, 



Walden, A. M. N. H. (4), xv., p. 402 (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., 

 p. 464 ; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 202 ; Rippon, Ibis, 1897, p. 2, ibid, Ibis, (1901) 

 p. 533. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I., in which, however, there is no mention 

 of the conspicuous ring of white feathers round the eye. 



Habits. — " The habits of this bird are very like those of Lioptila castanop- 

 tera ; it hops rapidly from branch to branch, frequently uttering its call. 

 The call of L. castanoptera is three notes in the minor in a discending scale, 

 preceded by a flourish ; that of A. rmnsayiis the same without the flourish." 

 (Rippon). 



Nothing yet has been recorded about the nesting of this species which is 

 fairly common in the hills to the east of Taunggyi. Col. Rippon states 

 that it breeds in April. 



Distribution. — The Southern Shan States and Karennee. 



AcTiNODURA KAMSAYi KADCLiPFEi, Harington. 

 The Ruby Mines Bar-wing. 



Harington, Bull., B. G. C, CI. xiii., p. 9, 1910. 



Description. — " Difl'ers from A. ramsayi (Walden) in having the fore- 

 part of the head and crest darker ferruginous, the general colour of the 

 upper parts ochraceous, instead of cinereous olive-brown, and the throat, 

 breast, and the sides of the body rich ochraceous : the abdomen is 

 conspicuously white, and the feathers of the throat have rather conspic- 

 uous blackish shaft-streaks. Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; legs pale 

 brown. " 



Total length about 9'7 inches, culmen O'B, wing 3*6, tail 5*0, tarsus 

 1-2. 



Habitat. — The only specimen procured as yet, is the type, which was 

 shot by Major H. Delme-Radclifi'e in the Ruby Mines District, Upper 

 Burma. 



Ixops, Hodgson (1844). 



Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 203. 



" The genus Ivops resembles Actinodura, but has the tail rather shorter 

 than the wing, and the tail feathers less graduated," (Gates). 



I can find nothing recorded as to the nesting of this genus, except that it 

 is said to build a saucer-shaped nest, the eggs most probably will be like the 

 Actinodura. 



Key. 



a. — Chin and throat the same colour as the breast. 



a^. Throat and breast not striped . . I. n. nepalensis, 



b^. „ „ striped. 



a^. Throat and breast greyish with 



dark stripes . . . . . . . . I. n. daflaensis. 



P. Throat and breast rufous with chest- 

 nut stripes . , . . . . . , I. n. ivaldeni. 



b. — Chin and throat chestnut, breast olive-grey . . I. mori'isoniana. 

 Distnbution. — 1. n. nepalensis, Hodgson, Nepal, Sikhim, Butan ; I. n. 

 daflaensis, Godwin- Austen, Daphla Hills ; I. n. loaldeni, Godwin-Austen, Naga 

 Hills ; /. n. poliotis, Rippon, Chin Hills ; I. moirisoniana, G. Grant, 

 Formosa. 



