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Mr. Davison met with a few examples of this species at Mergui 

 in J une, but they are not numerous, and he believed that they 

 w ere then migrating. He never observed them in any other part 

 of Tenasserim; but Mr. Theobald states that he found this species 

 breeding at Tenasserim in April, and Mr. Oates seems disposed 

 to regard it as a resident species. 



JEthopyga cara, Hume, Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 316. 



a, b. S , Sullivan Island, 9th ;£?.$, 11th Jan. 1882. d. S , 

 Zimiki, King Island, 24th Feb. 1882. 



Mr. Davison * observed this bird only as far south as the town 

 of Tenasserim ; but I found it not at all uncommon at Sullivan 

 Island, among shrubs close to a beach which was fringed by 

 Cnsuarina equisetifolia, Forsk. 



Cinhtris Hasselti (Temm.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 318. 



a. 2 , Sullivan Island, 9th ; b, c. 3 , 11th Jan. 1882. d. $ , 

 Thaing, King Island, 31st Jan. 1882. 



This species I found associated with the previous Sun-bird, in 

 the same locality in Sullivan Island. Both were equally common. 



Cinkteis flammaxillaeis (JBL), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 320. 



a, b. Sullivan Island, 9th Jan. 1882. c. S , Elphinstone Island, 

 5th ; d. 6 , 9th March, 1882. 



From the same locality in Sullivan Island as the two foregoing 

 s; ecies. 



Anthreptes malaccejssis (Scop.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 324. 



a. 6 , Sullivan Island, 1st Jan. 1882. b. , c. $ , d. d , Thaing, 

 King Island, 24th Jan. 1882, 1st Feb. 1882. e. , Thapo, King 

 Island, 25th Jan. 1882. /. 2 , Nga Islet, King Island Bay, 

 9th ; h. 6 > i- $ , Htb Feb. 1882. k. 6,1. 2, Crow Islet, 27th 

 Feb. 1882. m. 2 , Elphinstone Island, 7th March, 1882. 



The presence of this Sun-bird on the little rocky island men- 

 tioned in the beginning of this list, and also in King Island, 

 Elphinstone Island, and Sullivan Island, indicates its wide distri- 

 bution among the islands of the Archipelago. In King Island I 

 found it generally on old clearings in the neighbourhood of the 

 villages of Thaing and Thapo, at the head of King Island Bay, 

 and on Nga Island. 



* 1 Stray Feathers,' vol. ri. p. 170. 



