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Birds of Burma. 



[No. 1, 



380. C. EAELEX (J. 439). 



"Not rare at Thayet Myo, but confined entirely to the long grass and 

 reeds on the islands and churrs of the Irawadi" (Jerdon). 



*381. C. caudatus (J. 438). 



Arakan, Thayet Myo. As this and the two preceding species are 

 absolutely congeneric with sundry African species of undoubted Crater opus,* 

 I can only refer them to that genus. It is remarkable that the true Mala- 

 cocerci, so characteristic of India and Ceylon, have no typical representative 

 in the countries eastward of the Eay of Bengal. 



*382. MEaALUEUS paltjsteis (J. 440). 



The range of this species extends from India, Assam, and Burma to Java 

 and the Philippines. I do not remember to have seen it, however, in col- 

 lections from the Malayan peninsula. 



*t383. Deymoeca Lo^aiCAUDATA (J. 544). 

 Arakan. 



[384. Deymoeca blanfobdi, n.s. 



Above brown (darkest on the head), with an olive-green tinge, which is 

 in some very distinct on the rump. A dull, broad, albescent stripe springing 

 from the base of the bill, and extending back over and beyond the eye. 

 Ear-coverts mingled albescent and pale brown. Cheeks, wing lining, and 

 all the lower surface of body yellowish white, faintly rufescent on flanks and 

 thigh-coverts. Quills, brown externally, narrowly edged with olive-green. 

 In some with an indistinct rufous shade. Bectrices, pale brown above; 

 albescent underneath. All but middle pair with a bold subterminal brown 

 transverse isolated mark. Middle pair with a faint indication of a dark 

 terminal spot. (4) Wing, 2; tail, 2-50; tarsus, 0*82; bill, from fore- 

 head, 0-58. 



"Iris (?), dark buff; maxilla, horny brown, mandible, pale; eyelids, 

 yellowish brown ; legs, dull white. Iris ( & ), yellowish brown; bill, fleshy 

 brown ; eyelids, yellowish brown ; Tonghoo " (W. i2.).] 



*385. Peikla flaviventeis (J. 532). 

 Arakan, Tenasserim, Malacca. 



[Rangoon ( W. JZ.). The type of Delessert's species came from Bhootan. 

 Assam (Tezpur) examples obtained by Major Godwin Austen agree with 



*Cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 6. 



