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its song is finer and its flight much stronger than that of the Mana- 
cocercus group. It generally towers when it rises from the grass, 
and takes long flights. I have only met with this bird above Ava,— 
near Thayet Myo, where Cu. Harner and CH. GULARIS are common. 
Cu. Earurt I shot thirty miles above Ava.” M. panusrris I ob- 
served in considerable abundance in low brushwood about Akyab 
harbour. Cu. Earuet I have not yet seen from the Burmese region ; 
but Col. Phayre obtained Cu. caupara in addition to CH. GULARIS. 
LAaNIUS HYPOLEUCOS, nobis. “ Ava.” Hxtremely common during 
the cold season near Maulmein ; where it takes the place of L. pHm- 
NIcuURUS, Pall., so abundant in lower Bengat and also about Akyab. 
L. HyPoLEvcoS has been received from Bankok.* 
PETROCINCLA CYANEA, (L.) “ Common from Kenankhyoung as far 
as I went, viz. to Mali, nearly 100 miles above Ava.” I found this 
species everywhere plentiful in Burma, and very tame and familiar, 
z. e. during the cold season. Some individuals were undistinguish- 
able from the 8. Indian race (A. pandoo, Sykes), others from the EH. 
Himalayan race (4. affinis, nobis), and the Chinese and Philippine 
race (A. manillensis) is again equivalent, and all (with the Kashmi- 
rian (A. longirostris) cannot be satisfactorily distinguished from 
P. cyanra of 8. Europe and N. Africa. 
CYORNIS RUBECULOIDES, (Vigors). ‘ Fifty miles above Ava. Occurs 
I think only in forest. I shot 16 also at 2000 ft. in height upon the 
Shan hills.” Not uncommon in Burma during the cold season. 
Gravucatus Macet, Cuv. 
PYcNONOTUS NIGROPILEUS, Blyth. ‘Ava. Common throughout 
Burma.” In Arakan, replaced by P. HmMoRRHOUS, as in Bengal by 
P. carer. The habits and notes of all three are as similar as can 
well be. 
PRATINCOLA LEUCURA, Blyth. A specimen of this bird was pro- 
cured by Sir A. Burnes in Scindh; I have never seen it from the 
vicinity of Calcutta, but Dr. Jerdon lately observed it plentifully in 
the country about Colgong and Caragola, on the main stream of the 
Ganges, and also at Thayet Myo on the Irawadi. Mr. Blanford 
* There are four distinguishable races of Shrikes, which are very nearly akin. 
1. L. supErcitiosus, L. From the Malayan peninsula. 
2. Li. pHmNicurRvs, Pallas. India generally ; Arakan. 
3. Li, ARENARIUS, nobis. Desert region of N. W. India. 
4, I, Lucionensis, L. China; Philippines, Ceylon; Andamans (!) 
