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*489. Aracthnechthra asiatica (J. 234). 



Certhia asiatica, Latham ; Ibis, 1870, p. 20 ; A. intermedia (?), A. 0. Hume,lbis, 1870, 

 p. 436, from Tippera. 



Arakan, "ThayetMyo, Yenan-khyoung" {Blanford). A. intermedia is 

 described to have the bill of intermediate length to those of A. asiatica and 

 A. lotenia ; but neither Mr. "W. T. Blanford nor myself distinguished the 

 more eastern form from that common in North India. 



[Tonghoo, Thayet Myo, Karen nee ( W. R.) ; general, north of Ye {D.). 

 A. intermedia cannot claim specific rank.] 



*490. A. FLAMMAXILLARIS. 



Nectarinia jlammaxillaris, nobis; Ibis, 1870, p. 24. 



x\rakan, Tenasserim, Pinang, Siam, South China (?). 



[Rangoon, Yey-tho {W. J2.).] 



*491. iETHOPYGA MILES (J. 225). 

 Cinnyris miles, Hodgs. ; Ibis, 1870, p. 32. 



Yiscount Walden remarks that Moulmein and Tippera specimens in his 

 collection are smaller than those from the Deyra Doon and from Nipal. 

 "From Tippera, wing 2*12, tail 2'72, bill *57; from the Deyra Doon, wing 

 2- 1§, tail 3*18, bill 6. The Moulmein specimen is still smaller." 



[Tonghoo (X.). Some five years ago I pointed out {I.e.) that Moulmein 

 and Tippera specimens differed from Deyra Doon and JSTipaul individuals, 

 but I refrained from separating the former specifically until the variations 

 that JK, miles undergoes had been investigated. "While identifying the 

 Tenasserim race (south of Moulmein) with N. lathami, Jard., Mr. Hume 

 (Str. Eeath. ii. p. 473, note) has bestowed on it the specific title of cava. 

 The Tenasserim and Tonghoo race does slightly differ from true JE. miles, 

 but it certainly is not M. Miami, which is described as having a blue front 

 and upper tail-coverts, and black interior maxillary stripes. There can be 

 little doubt that N. lathami \&—M. eupogon.~] 



*492. M. GoiJXDiiE (J. 227). 

 Cinnyris gouldice, Vigors; Ibis, 1870, p. 35. 



Mountains of Arakan, where probably also occur JE. nipalensis, 2E. satu- 

 rata, and JE. ignicauda, all of which inhabit the EMsias. 



[493. JE. DEBBII. 

 Kectarinia debryii, G. Verr., R. M. Zool. 1867, pi. 15 ; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 35. 

 Karen nee, at 4000 feet. Iris ( t ), bill, and legs, brown ( W. R,). A 



