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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
inside of mouth yellow ; bill blue, the tip and anterior half of the margins 
black ; legs plumbeous blue ; claws dark horn-colour. 
Length of breeding male as much as 18 inches, of females and non -breeding 
males about 8 to 9, tail 4, wing 3*6, tarsus '68, bill from gape I. The 
female is considerably smaller. The tail in adult males is frequently 
14 inches in length. 
This species differs from the allied T. paradisi in having a shorter crest, 
which terminates abruptly at the nape instead o£ being produced in a 
pointed form over the upper back, and also in having the black on the shafts 
of the central tail-feathers much greater in extent, the black in T. affinis 
reaching to within a quarter or a third of the length of the tail from 
its tip, whereas in T. paradisi fully the terminal half of the shaft is 
white. 
The Burmese Paradise Flycatcher is generally distributed over the 
province, but I think is found as a permanent resident only in the damp 
evergreen forests. In the plains of Pegu it occurs in large numbers in 
September and October, in which months it appears to be migrating 
locally. ■ 
To the south it extends down the Malay peninsula to the islands of 
Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Flores, and Dr. Tiraud states that it is found 
in Cochin China. To the north it occurs in the Indo -Burmese countries, 
ranging into the Himalayas as far as Nipal. 
This handsome Flycatcher is found in well-wooded parts of the country, 
and is more abundant in heavy forest and bamboo-jungle than elsewhere. 
It is generally seen in pairs. At the period of local migration consider- 
able numbers associate together for a short time. It catches insects by 
pouncing upon them in the air, never, I believe, descending to the ground, 
and it is constantly on the move. 
The nest has not yet been found. Its ally, T. paradisi, makes a delicate 
cup-shaped nest of moss, fibres and grass, bound together by cobwebs, 
on a high branch, and lays three or four eggs, which are white marked 
with dull red. 
