TEOM THE MEEGEI AECIIIPELAGO. 147 



favourite resort was the tops of the highest trees in the forest. 

 Its noisy calls became a familiar sound just before sundown. 



Coetus maceoehtnchus, Wagler, Oates, op. cit. vol. i. 

 p. 397. 



a. 6 , Yimiki, King Island, 24th Feb. 1882. 



This Crow appears to be generally distributed throughout the 

 islands, and, as already mentioned, I found a pair even breeding 

 on a small rocky islet. There were four young ones in the nest. 



Coetus ustsolens, Hume, Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 399. 

 a. 2 , Mergui, 20th ; b. S , 19th March, 1882. 



Cetpsiehina vaeians {Lath.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. p. 404. 

 a, I. d 2, Mergui, 23rd March, 1882. 



Ctmboeht^chtts maceoehynchtjs (Gm.), Oates, op. cit. vol. i. 

 p. 428. 



a, b. S ,c,d. Mergui, 23rd March, 1882. e. d,f. 2, Zedi- 

 won, Mergui, 23rd Dec. 1881. 



Among shrubs in dense shade on the outskirts of a mangrove- 

 swamp. 



Collocalia LiisrcHi, Horsf. Sf Moore, Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. 

 p. 10. 



a. 2 , Yimiki, King Island, 24th Feb. 1882. 



Bhth* has recorded this bird from the Mergui Archipelago. 

 Mr. Davison says it does not occur on Mergui Island itself nor 

 in any of the small islands near it. 



Ltncoenis ceeviniceps, Gould, Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 22. 

 a. Elphinstone Island, 3rd March, 1882. 



Alophokeepes ptjlveeulentus (Temm.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. 

 p. 29. 



a. 2 , Elphinstone Island, 13th March, 1882. 



Hemiceecus canente (Less.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 30. 

 a, b. 2 > Elphinstone Island, 9th March, 1882. 



Picus ca:nicapilltjs, Bl., Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 36. 

 a. 2 , Elphinstone Island, 9th ; b. 2 , 13th March, 1882. 



* Journ. As. Soc. Beng. pt. ii. (extra no.) vol. xliii. 1875, p. 85. 



