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An account of this expedition is given in 'Stray Feathers' (I. c), and the following is a summary: — 

 Six males and six females were procured, the birds having been first met with on the Thoungyah 

 Hills, some fifteen miles from Kan Karyit on the way to the Yahine Territory, via Meawuddee . 

 They were very shy and difficult of approach, always in heavy forest, and it was wonderful how 

 quickly they discovered a man who endeavoured to get near to them. When feeding they keep 

 up an incessant cackling ; but when frightened, a shrill scream is given and then they fly away one 

 after another in an extended line ; they do not fly far, and recommence their cackling when they 

 alight. When feeding they come to within thirty or forty feet of the ground, but if disturbed fly to 

 the tops of the highest trees. They are constantly flying and sailing about, never remaining more 

 than a minute in one spot ; and their chief food seemed to be berries, although the remains of some 

 kind of fly were discovered in their stomachs. At a latter period Captain Bingham records, in 

 6 Stray Feathers' (L c), that he found this species not uncommon in the Kyoon Choung Reserve, 

 high up on the Zainee River, again between Meawuddee and Kan Karyit ; and in July 1879 he saw 

 a flock between Yunbine on the Salaween River and Koosaik on the Thoungyeen. Everywhere 

 they kept to the tops of the very highest trees, completely out of the range of an ordinary gun. 



Male. — Darling states that the adult male has the bill yellowish white, slightly browner on 

 the casque, with a patch of saffron or orange-yellow at the base, and usually a small dusky patch 

 at the tip of the mandible, this last at times running as a narrow band backwards along the 

 commissure. Head bistre-brown, with the shafts of feathers paler. Upper parts umber-brown 

 tinged with olive, and in certain lights exhibiting a greenish gloss. Secondaries and primaries 

 greenish black, the latter with their outer margins for a short space in the centre as well as their 

 tips whitish. Some of the greater wing-coverts are also tipped with white, which is not the 

 case with the female. Occasionally the white tippings of the quills extend to the tertiaries. 

 Chin, throat, sides of neck, entire lower surface of body, thighs, and lower tail-coverts bright 

 ferruginous rufous. Two median rectrices like the back, with pale tips ; remainder greenish 

 black, tips pale. Irides bright brown. Legs and feet brownish black, claws horny black. Orbital 

 skin and bare spot at base of mandible bluish white or blue, not unfrequently pink. 



Length 30 inches, wing 13, tail 12J, tarsus If, bill from gape 4§. 



Female.-— Bill brownish black. Upper parts and tail resemble the male ; but the chin, throat, 

 sides of neck, entire lower surface of body, thighs, and lower tail-coverts are grey earthen brown, 

 partially tinged with dull ferruginous rufous. Irides and soft parts coloured as in the male ; but 

 Darling records that one female had black irides. Legs and feet brownish black. Primaries 

 black, with a white patch on outer webs ; secondaries dark green. 



Length 28 inches, wing 12, tail 11J, tarsus 2, bill from gape 4J. 



A young male shot by Captain Bingham had the bill whitish tinged with greenish yellow ; 

 bare skin on chin and above and behind the eyes purplish pink, rest of bare facial skin fleshy white. 

 Irides with an inner and an outer circle of grey. Legs and feet greenish plumbeous, claws 

 horny. The plumage resembles that of the female, except the entire lower surface, which is a 



