Birds of Burma. 



P*o. 1, 



[238. H. oatesi. 

 H. oatesi, Hume, Str. Feath. i. p. 477, 



" Karen nee, from 2500 to 4000 feet. Iris (male not quite mature), 

 brown; bill, pale brown; legs, light fleshy pink. Iris (in adult female), 

 brown; bill, dark vinous brown; legs, light fleshy pink" {W. E.).~\ 



*239. Bkachyttrus cyanetjs. 

 Pitta cyanea, nobis, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1008, xvi. p. 153 ; Gray and Mitchell, Gen. Birds, 

 pi. 55 ; Gould, B. As. pt. i. pi. 2a ; D. G. Elliot, Mon. Brachyuridge, pi. xiii. Myai-gnung. 



Arakan, Martaban ; Tenasserim (Heifer), 



[Karen hills, at 2000 feet. Iris, hair brown; bill, black; legs, fleshy 

 {W.R.).-] 



*240. B. MOLTJCCENSIS. 



Turdus moluccensis, P. L. S. Miiller; Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 413; Mon. Brachyurida?, 

 pi. iv. ; Pitta cyanoptera, Temminck, P.O. 218. 



Arakan, Tenasserim, Siam, Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, South 

 China (Amoy). One specimen, received from Arakan, has the bill fully as 

 large as in JB. megarhynchus (Schlegel), from the Isle of Banka.* 



[Eangoon ( W. R.) ; Thayet Myo (D.). There is no evidence in favour 

 of the Javan habitat attributed to this Pitta by Temminck. The size of 

 the bill varies considerably.] 



[241. B. MEGAKHYNCOTrS. 

 Pitta megarhyncha, Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. Ind. Pitta, p. 32, no. 8, pi. 4. fig. 2. 

 A well-marked species, hitherto known as being peculiar to the island 

 of Banka, but stated by Mr. Hume (Str. Feath. ii. p. 475) to occur at Tavoy 

 and Amherst in the months of May, June, and July.] 



*242. B. cijctjllatus (J. 346). 

 Mpal, Khasias, Arakan, Malacca. 



[Eangoon ( W. R.) ; Thayet Myo (F.) ; Amherst (£.). Malaccan indi- 

 viduals are identical with Himalayan and Burman examples.] 



Fam. Turdidse. 



Thrushes. 

 Subfam. Turdin^e. 

 *243. Myiophonus temmikckii (J. 343). 

 Khasias, Arakan, Tenasserim. 



[Karen hills (W. R.). M. eugenei, Hume (Str. Feath, i. p. 475) is 

 synonymous. M. temmincMi extends to Siam.] 



* Ibis, 1870, pi. xii. 



