1863. ] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 77 
ORYPSIRINA cucuLLATA, Jerdon (J. A. S. XXXI, p. 841). 
“ Thayet Myo.” 
TEMENUCHUS BURMANENSIS, Jerdon (p. 342.) “ Common through- 
out Burma.” I did not meet with it. 
STURNOPASTOR SUPERCILIARIS, nobis. Differs from the Indian 
race in having a distinct white supercilium, in addition to the white 
ear-coverts, with streaks of white also tipping the feathers of the 
forehead. One specimen has a white-necked collar; but this I take 
to be abnormal. Just a distinctly recognisable race; and as well 
distinguished as others which are accepted as such. 
EUSPIZA AUREOLA, (Pallas). ‘Twenty miles above Ava.” 
Eusriza Rnutiza; Emberiza rutila, Pallas. A very pretty Bunt- 
ing; the male uniformly reddish-ferruginous or rufous-bay, with the 
lower parts, from the breast, bright (though not deep) yellow; the 
primaries and rectrices dusky; and the wings underneath white 
anteriorly. Closed wing 3 in. From 8S. Arakan. One specimen 
only. Akin to Ev. avrEoua and others. 
MrIRraFrra AFFINIS, Jerdon. Upper Pegu. 
GARRULAX MONILIGER, (Hodgson.) “ Puppa hill, near Pagan, where 
not very common. Since shot near Thayet Myo.” 
CHATARRHM®A GULARIS, nobis, J. A.S. XXIV, 478. “ This bird is 
extremely abundant among the low thorn bushes which cover the 
dry country about Yenankhyoung and Pagan. It is just as common. 
near Ava.” 
Mrcaturus paLusTris, Horsfield. “ Found in much the same 
places as the CHATARRH#A Harwer; viz. in long elephant-grass ; but 
far south as Mergui; but am unaware that either has been recorded from the 
Malayan peninsula. As in Ceylon, the House Maina of the Tenasserim Pro- 
vinces is darker-coloured than in India. 
When first at Akyab, during the rainy season, I remarked the British Tree 
Sparrow (PassER MONTANUS) to be the common species about the streets ; consi- 
derably out-numbering the Indian House Sparrow (P. Domxsticus, Ind. var.) : 
whereas, in the cold season, the latter is the prevalent species about Akyab. 
Southward, however, 1 only on two occasions saw the common Indian Sparrow ; 
once at Maulmein, and once in a Burmese village higher up the Salwin; whereas 
the Tree Sparrow is everywhere in extreme abundance, extending southward to 
Singapore (J. A. 8S. 1859, p. 443), and likewise inhabiting Java; having precisely 
the same habits as the other. I observed it, numerously. as far south as J’avoy 
and Mergui. At Thayet Myo, on the Irawadi, Dr. Jerdon informs me that not 
only are P. DOMESTICUS and P. MoNnTANUS common, but also a third species my 
a little P. FLavEoLuS. When at Pahpoon, in Upper Martaban, in November 
ast, three or four pairs of P. MonrANDS appeared for one day only, entering the 
few human abodes in the most familiar manner, and apparently seeking conyent- 
ent nooks for nesting-places ; but I saw no others in that wild forest region. 
