JOURNAL 



OF THR 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



Vol. LXXL Part IL — NATURAL SCIENCE, 

 No. IIL— 1902. 



X. — 071 a collection of Birds from Upper Burmah. — By Lieut. H. Wood, 

 R.E., and F. Finn, B.A., F.Z.S., Deputy Superintendent of the 

 Indian Museum. 



(With Plate VII.) 



[Received 30th April. Read 7th May, 1902.] 



In the following paper Lieut. Wood is respoasible for the general 

 introduction and remarks on localities where the birds were collect- 

 ed ; while the birds have been identified and annotated at the Indian 

 Museum by the Deputy Superintendent. Almost all of tlie specimens 

 have been generously presented to that institution by Lieut. Wood, 

 and the accession is a particularly welcome one, as several rare species 

 ai-e represented, such as TrocTialoptermn erythrolaema. 



The collection is also noteworthy as containing examples of two 

 species new to the Indian fauna, Fere David's Babbler {Bahax la.nceolat.ns) 

 and the Marsh Tit (Parus palustris). It has been deemed worth while 

 to have these figured, on account of their interest from a distribut.ional 

 point of view. (See Plate VII). 



The collection was made in that part of Burmah which is 

 bounded on the west by the high range which divides the Pakokku 

 and Minbu districts from the Chin Hills, and on the east by a parallel 

 range which runs more or less due north and south, distant about 30 

 miles, and known locally under different names as the Pontaung 

 J. II. 16 



