106 C. T. Bingham & H. N. Thompson— Birds collected and [No. 2, 



times in the low-lying hot valleys in the States. One of the specimens 

 procured has the whole lower plumage washed with ochreous-yellow. 



# 16 (73). Garrulax moniliger, Hodgs. 

 Faun. Brit, hid., Birds, I, p. 81. 

 Noticed on one occasion mixed up in a flock of G. pectoralis. 



17 (86). Trochalopterum melanostigma, Blyth. 

 Faun. Brit, hid., Birds, I, p. 92. 



Loi- San-Pa between 5000 and 6000 ft. A great skulker. 



18 (87). Trochalopterum phceniceum, Gould. 

 Faun. Brit* hid., Birds, I, p. 93. 



I procured specimens of this species on the Salween-Mekong 

 watershed at 7000 ft. elevation. I observed it on one occasion on the 

 slopes of Loi-San-Pa. (H.N.T.). 



Specimens from Taunggyi differ, as noted below, from Mr. Blanford's 

 description of this bird in Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds : — 



No black supercilinm ; the head above and nape dark slatey-brown 

 shading into olive-brown on the back, and paling to olive-green on the 

 rump. The tail above is dark brown with conspicuous cross-bnrrings of 

 dusky black ; the outer three tail feathers on the underside suffused 

 with crimson-brown and tipped broadly with pale orange; under tail 

 coverts also tipped with orange. (C.T.B.). 



19 (106). Argya gularis, Blyth. 

 Faun. Brit, hid., Birds, I, p. 107. 



Confined to the hot low portions of the States. 



20 (116). POMATORHINDS SCHISTICEPS, HodgS. 

 Faun. Brit, Ind., Birds, I, p. 116. 



Common from 3000 ft. and upwards. Its loud " hoot-hoot-hoot " 

 was one of the first sounds to greet one in the morning. 



21 (129a). Pomatorhinus imberbis, Salvadori. 

 Faun. Brit, hid., Birds, IV, App., p. 479. 



At 4400 ft. Taunggyi, April and May. (H.N.T.) I have procured 

 this species in the Ruby Mines District at 6000 ft. in April. (C.T.B.). 

 Iris blood red. (H.N.T.). 



22 (139). Pyctorhis sinensis, Gm. 

 Faun. Brit, hid., Birds, I, p. 137. 



Not uncommon, but a great skulker. One specimen. procured near 

 Taunggyi at 5000 ft. 



