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 124 H. Wood and F, Finn — Birds from Upper Biirmah. [No. 3 



Nivamatau7ig, Loug. 94i°18', Lafc. 20*^4', height about 2,500 

 feet. A local name of the same range which to the north is known as 

 Dndawtaung. 



Salin, Long. 94^44', Lat. 20°35', height 250 feet. A large village 

 on the Salin River about 10 miles on the wesfc of the Irrawaddy 

 Rivei". It is in the dry zone and outside the cultivation is scrub jungle. 



Sidoktaya, Long. 94^5', Lat. 20^25', height 2,000 feet. A large 

 village situated at the foot of the Chin Hills on the bank of the river 

 Mon. A large area of cultivation lies to the east of the village, while 

 to the westward dense jungle comes very close. 



Dalet Ghoung, Long. 94°0', Lat. 20^10', height 300 feet. A river 

 which rises in the Arakaii Yomas and flows due south reaching the sea 

 between Akyab and Kyaukpyu. The surrounding hills are all densely 

 covered with bamboo jungle. 



Family Oorvidse. 



Urocissa occipitalis. Red-hilled Blue Magpie. 



Two, Laungshe, January lltli, 1902 ; one, Kyin Village, November 

 30th, 1901, 



Dendrocitta rufa. Indian Tree-pie. 



One, Laungsh^, January 12th, 1902 ; one, Man, December 25th, 

 1901. 



Ckypsirhina cucullata. Hooded Eacket-tailed Magpie. 

 , One, Sidoktaya, February l4th, 1902. 



Garrulus oatesi. Indo-Ghinese Jay. 



One, Kanpetlet, January 3rd, 1902. 



Parus palustris. Marsh-Tit. 



One, Kanpetlet, January 14th, 1902. 



This specimen undoubtedly belongs to one of the races of 

 P. palustris. The dimensions are rather large, the length being 4'9 

 inches, wing 2*5, tail 2*1, bill from gape '4, and shank nearly *6. The 

 colour above is olive grey, or drab ; below a dirty drab-white. The 

 cap and nape are glossy black, and the sides of head and neck pure 

 white ; the throat black with white tips to the feathers. The bill and 

 feet are greyish black in the skin. 



[The specimen agrees perfectly with some Chinese specimens of 

 P. palustris, recently procured by Captain Walton, I.M.S.] 



Family Orateropodidae. 



Garrulax leucolophus, Himalayan White-Crested La%ighing -Thrush. 



Two, Laungshe, January 12th, 1902. 



Garrulax pectoralis. Black-gorgeted Laughing-Thrush. 



