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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
coverts pure white ; wings and coverts dark brown, each feather conspi- 
cuously tipped with white, except the primaries, the tippings to which are 
minute. 
The young have the whole head, and the part occupied by the black collar 
in the adult, light brown. 
Naked skin round the eye bright yellow. (Tiraud.) 
Length 11 inches, tail 4, wing 6*3, tarsus 1*6, bill from forehead 1'4. 
The Black-necked Mynah is said to have been observed on the Tenas- 
s^rim river by some gentlemen who presented specimens collected in that 
locality to the late Mr. Mandelli. The birds in question have been iden- 
tified by Mr. Hume, and 1 have therefore no hesitation in introducing this 
species among the birds of British Burmah. 
This large Mynah occurs abundantly in Upper Burmah near Bhamo, 
where Dr. Anderson found it breeding in May in one of the few clumps of 
trees at Muangla. It is found throughout Southern China, Siam and 
Cochin China. 
Dr. Tiraud, who states that it is extremely abundant in Cochin China, 
mentions that the natives are fond of caging it and that it is a most intel- 
ligent and amusing pet. 
Genus STUENOPASTOE, Hodgs. 
353. STUENOPASTOE SUPEECILIAEIS. 
THE BURMESE PIED MYNAH. 
Sturnopastor superciliaris, Bl. J. A. S. B. xxxii. p. 77 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, 
p. 427 ; id. S. F. iii. p. 149 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 331 ; Hume ^ Dav. 8. F. 
vi. p. 387 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 106. Sturnopastor contra (Z.), Bl. B. Burm. 
p. 90. Sturnopastor contra var. superciliaris, Anders. Yunnan Exped. 
p. 594. 
Description. — Male and female. Forehead, lores, superciliary streak, 
cheeks and ear-coverts white ; the white of the forehead produced in narrow 
streaks to the top of the head, which, with the nape, sides of neck, chin 
and throat and upper breast, are glossy black ; the whole under plumage 
white ; back, rump and upper tail -coverts dark brown, with a band of 
white across the lower rump ; wings and tail dark brown, the tertiaries 
broadly margined with white ; greater wing-coverts black ; median coverts 
white ; lesser coverts black, margined with white. 
Gape and basal half of the bill orange ; terminal half yellowish white ; 
mouth black; eyelids orange-yellow; iris pale yellow; legs and claws 
brown. 
