1875.] Cuclcoo shrikes. 123 



Fam. Graucalidae. 



*409. Geafcalit8 macbi (J. 270). 

 Arakan, Tenasserim. 



[Rangoon, Tonghoo hills, Karen nee from ■ 2500 feet to 4000 feet 

 (W.R.)\ Thayet Myo (F.).] 



*410. Volvoctvoea avejtsis. 



Volvocivora avensis, nobis, Catal. p. 327 ; O. meltmoptera, nobis, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 307. 

 Common in Arakan. 



[Rangoon, Tonghoo, Thayet Myo, Karen nee {W. R.); Pabyouk, near 

 Amherst (2).).] 



*411. V. sykesi(J. 268). 

 Upper Pegu. 



[412. Y. MELANOSCHISTU8 (J. 269). 



V. ■melaaehistos, Hodgson, Ind. Bev. i. p. 328 (1836). 



Examples obtained at Pahpoon, Pabyouk, Te-boo, and Te, by Mr. Davi- 

 son, are thus identified, with doubt, by Mr. Hume (Str. Feath. ii. p. 474). J 



*413. Pebicbocottts speciostjs (J. 271). 



Turdus speciosus, Lath. ; Gould, B. As. pt. ix. ; P. rutilus, Gould ; P. fraterculus, 

 Swinhoe; P. andamanensis, Tytler. Sgnet-men-tha J , hgnet-men-thamie ? ("Prince and 

 Princess Bird," Mason). 



Arakan, Tenasserim, Andaman Islands, Khasias, Siam ; and Hainan 

 {Swinhoe). Mr. V. Ball remarks of this species that " the amount of red on 

 the central tail-feathers varies much in specimens from various parts of India 

 and Burma." Four out of five males from the Andamans have the central 

 tail-feathers wholly black. The specimens in Lord "Walden's collection from 

 India have black middle tail-feathers, while in those from Burma the outer 

 web is red. Others sent by Mr. Swinhoe as P. fraterculus do not appear to 

 be separable. 



[Tonghoo, Karen nee (W. Jt.); Thayet Myo (O.). Out of a numerous 

 series from Tonghoo and its vicinity only one male has the middle pair of 

 rectrices completely black ; while in all the females, without exception, they 

 are entirely black. Some Assam examples have the middle pair black.] 



*414. P. bee'vieosteis (J. 273). 

 Phanicornis brevirostris, Vigors ; Gould's Century, pi. 8. 

 Arakan. 

 [Karen nee, at 3000 feet ( W. R-); pine forests north of Pahpoon (Z>.).] 



