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Staphidia striata sufigekis, Hume. 



Hume's StapJiidia. 



IxmIus rufigenis, Hume, St. Frs. v., p. 108 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M. 

 vii., p. 617 ; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 206 ; Eippon, Ibis, 1901, p. 633. 



Description. — As in Gates, F. B. I. 



Distribution. — Sikhim, Bhutan, and hill ranges of Assam. Also said to 

 occur in the Shan States. I think that all the Staphidia procured on the 

 eastern side of Burma are the nest sub-species, S. s. striata, as a specimen 

 of mine from the Bhamo Hills, and those in the B. Museum from the Shan 

 States are all very similar, and much nearer to S. s. striata from Karennee 

 than to S. s. rufigenis from Sikhim. 



Nesting. — Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 110, says it builds in holes of banks, 

 making a nest of moss and leaves lined with fibres. The eggs are whitish 

 spotted brown, and measure '58 to '57 x '50 inches. 



Staphidia stkiata striata, *Blyth. 



TickeWs Staphidia. 



Lvulus striatus, Blyth, J., A. S. B., xxviii., p. 413 (1859). 



Staphidia striata, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 617 ; Gates, F. B. I., i., p. 

 206 ; Bingham, Ibis (1903), p. 590 ; Harington, Ibis (1914), p. 14. 



Gates is not very clear in his description of this species, never having 

 seen it. Fortunately there are several specimens now available both in the 

 British Museum and at Tring. To make matters more certain Mr. O. 

 Grant kindly procured Count Salvadori's specimen for me to compare 

 with mine. This bird is said to be identical with Fea's birds from 

 Tenasserim. 



Description. — " General colour above dull olive-brown ; head darker with 

 a greyish tinge, in some specimens a sooty-brown. The feathers of the head 

 mantle and back with white shaft stripes. Ear-coverts dull chestnut, 

 sides of the neck faintly tinged with the same. Wings and tail the same 

 colour as the back but darker. The three outer tail feathers broadly 

 tipped with white, under parts dull greyish- white. Length about 6, wing 

 2'37 inches and tail the same." 



j- -In fact S. striata is very similar to S. rufigenis, but has the head browner; 

 and the grey supercilium with rufous band above wanting, and has an 

 indistinct rufous collar at the back of the neck. 



The ear-coverts seem to vary from a dull chestnut to a bright chestnut 

 similar to S. rufigenis. 



Distribution. — Griginally described from Tenasserim, has since been 

 procured at Thandoung near Toungoo, where it is fairly common; and at 

 Byiugyi. It uo doubt occurs in suitable localities along the eastern 

 hills in Burma up to the Bhamo District. 



Nesting. — Builds a mossy nest lined with fibres, which is placed in a 

 hole of a bank or cutting eggs similar to S. rufigenis. The Hon. Mr. S. M. 

 Robinson informs me in a letter, that he found this little bird very common 



* Staphidia torqtjeola, Swinhoe. 



Swinhoe, A. M. N. H. ( 4 ), p. 174 (1870); Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 6l5. 

 Distribution. — ^W. Fokien, China. 



Staphidia evretti, Sharpe, 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 447. 

 Distribution. — N. W, Borneo, 



