1900.] observed in the Southern Shan States of Upper Burma. 103 



States, I made a short tour in some of the most western of the States. 

 It was on this tour that the greater part of the material on which this 

 paper is founded was collected, but many additions have been made by 

 Mr. Thompson of birds collected or observed and identified by him 

 previous to and after our joint tour. We were fortunate in being able 

 to spend a few days at various camps on Loi-San-Pa, a mountain about 

 8000 ft. in elevation* situated in the Mong Kong State. Here the 

 birds procured were most interesting and I think fairly representative of 

 the Avi-fauna of the country. 



Altogether something over 350 specimens representing 239 species 

 were obtained during the tour or subsequently by Mr. Thompson, while 

 62 species, specimens of which were not procured, were seen, noted and 

 identified beyond a doubt. 



In the list which follows, one or two of the birds entered under 

 already described species, vary more or less in size and colouring from 

 their types. These might possibly be separated as distinct. I have 

 however while noting the points of difference preferred to consider 

 them merely local races of well-known species found in the Himalayas, 

 Assam, other parts of Burma, &c. Two species however, one procured 

 at Kalaw 4300 ft., the other on Loi-San-Pa at 6000 ft. are in my opinion 

 distinctly new. One of these is a pretty little Fly-catcher belonging to 

 the genus Cyontis, the other a remarkable Bulbul allied in habits to 

 Hypsipetes, but differing structurally and in colour from all species of 

 that genus, and from all known Bulbuls. I have ventured to propose 

 (vide Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, series vii, vol. v, 

 No. 28 (April, 1900), pp. 357-359), a new genus Cerasophila for the 

 aberrant Bulbul, and to name it G. thompsoni after Mr. Thompson, who 

 was the first to shoot a specimen of the bird, recognizing it at the time 

 as probably an undescribed species. 



The arrangement followed in the subjoined list is that adopted in 

 the volumes on the Birds, Fauna of India series, by Messrs. Oates 

 and Blanford. An asterisk prefixed to the current number in the list 

 shows that the species was seen and identified but not procured. 



I have to express my thanks to Major A. Alcock, I.M.S., Superin- 

 tendent of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, who was good enough to send 

 a trained taxidermist to accompany my camp; and to Mr. Frank Finn, 

 the Deputy Superintendent of the Museum, who kindly assisted me in 

 comparing and identifying the birds obtained by me with the series of 

 birds in the collection of the Indian Museum. 



* The actual heights on this mountain, which has a double cap, are Loi-San-Pa 

 8002 ft., Loi-Sang the northern rocky peak 8129 ft, above sea-level. (H.N.T.). 



