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phogyee^ where the party halted for eight days. Here^ at a general 
elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet^ I met with many species for the first time^ 
such as Acridotheres siamensis (the common Myaah of the place) ^ Niltava 
sundara, Garrulus leucotis, and a new species of Actinoduraj named 
A. ramsayi by the late Lord Walden. 
We commenced the return journey on the 30th March_, arriving at a 
village called Greesho (3000 feet) on the following day ; here I obtained 
Niltava sundara again and also N. macgregorice. On the 1st April we 
began to ascend until a Karen village called Hteelauloo^ at 5000 feet^ was 
reached. This spot was the most productive of all in birds. A native 
offered to go and catch me some birds,, and accordingly started off with 
cowhair nooses and the larvae of some beetle for bait^ and returned in a 
few hours with a hastily made bamboo cage^ in which was contained alive 
six specimens of Trochalopterum melanostigma, one Merula pallida, one Geo- 
cichla sibirica, another Geocichla (since named G. dixoni by Mr. Seebohm), 
besides many other birds. 
I also shot at this place specimens of Brachypteryx cruralis and Digenea 
moniliger. 
" It was with considerable regret that I left this rich locality on the 
following morning. We still ascended until an elevation of 6000 feet was 
attained. This march was also productive, as specimens were obtained 
for the first time of Cutia nipalensis , Lioptila saturata, Wald., Sibia 
picaoides, Paradoxomis ruficeps and P. gularis, and Batrachostomus 
affinis, Bl. 
" On the next day I procured a specimen of Pnoepyga albiventris ; but 
after that we came daily nearer to country already traversed, so no 
novelties were obtained until the last descent into the valley of the Sittang, 
when I obtained a specimen of Vivia innominata at a place called Ngamwai 
Zayat. 
During a later expedition in 1876 over much the same route, under 
the command of Lieut. Lloyd of the Royal Engineers, my collector obtained 
two additions to the fauna, in the shape of a new Nuthatch {Sitta magna, 
mihi) and a specimen of Monticola erythrog aster. A more detailed 
account of this journey will be found in ' The Ibis,^ 1875, pp. 348-353." 
The results of Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay^s expedition were so interesting 
that, although Karennee forms no part of British Burmah, I was glad to 
include it in my work. 
