FROM THE MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO. 



a. Sullivan Island, 9th; b, c. 11th Jan. 1882. d. dolphin- 

 stone Island, 1st March, 1882. 



Irexa puella {Lath.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 209. 



a. 6 , b. 2 > Elphinstone Island, 4th; c. c?,9th; d. 1st 

 March, 1SS2. e. <S , Titniki, King Island, 24th Feb. 1882. / 2 , 

 Zediwon, Mergui, 23rd Dec. 1881. 



Oriole's indices, Jerd., Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 211. 



a. d, Elphinstone Island, 9th; b. 2, 13th March, 1S82. c. 6, 

 King Island, 15th; d, tf, 18th Eeb. 1882. e. Mergui, 23rd 

 March, 1882. 



Bechanga atra (Herm.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 218. 

 a. Sullivan Island, 9th Jan. 18S2. b. 2, Mergui, 20th ; c. 6, 

 23rd March, 1882. d. Zediwon, Mergui, 23rd Dec. 1881. 



Bechaxga loxgicaxdata (A. Say), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. 

 p. 220. 



a. 6 , Mergui, 19th March, 1882. 



Bechaxga leecogexys, TFald., Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 222. 

 a. $ , Nga or Eish Islet, King Island Bay, ISth Eeb. 1882. 

 b. 2 , Elphinstone Island, 13ih March, 1882. 



Dissemeres paradisees (Linn.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 225. 

 a. 2, Elphinstone Island, 4th; b, c. <3 , 5th; d, e. S 2 , 9th 

 March, 1882. 



"The intermediate race with a moderate crest." {Wardlaw 

 Ramsay.) 



Pericrocotes cinerees, Lafres., Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 241. 



a. <3 , Elphinstone Island, 13th March, 1882. 



Mr. Oates first met with this species at Kyeikpadien, near 

 Pegu, in the cold weather, where he also in the same season ob- 

 tained P. cantonensis, and he mentions that Mr. Davison also 

 procured this species at various places in the Malay Peninsula. 



Pericrocotes peregrines (Linn.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 245. 



a. <5 , Elphinstone Island, 1st Eeb. 1882. b, c. 6 2, Elphin- 

 stone Island, 1st ; d. 5th March, 1882. f. 3 , Thaing r 

 King Island, 31st Jan. 1882. g. d\ Ihapo, King Island, 23rd 

 Jan. 1882. 



The prevalence of this Minivet in these islands seems to verify 

 Mr. Davison's observation that it is a frequenter of the sea-coast. 



