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Lieut. Wardlaw Ramsay's Notes 
14. POLIOHIERAX INSIGNIS. 
Poliohierax insignis , Walden, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 627. 
This beautiful species is rare at Tonghoo, whence the type 
came. I only once met with it during a space of two years. 
20. Spilornis cheela. 
The Crested Serpent-Eagle is a very common bird in 
Burma; its melancholy whistle may be heard in every jungle 
on the plains. Nearly all that I have killed have had the 
remains of snakes in their stomachs. At the Andaman 
Islands I killed a specimen of Spilornis elgini, which was 
sitting on a mangrove stump in a tidal swamp. It had tried 
to swallow a snake, but apparently had failed; for about four 
inches of the snake's body was hanging out of its mouth, 
whilst the part which had passed into the stomach was almost 
digested. 
Accipiter nisus. 
I only once obtained the European Sparrow-Hawk at 
Tonghoo. Mr. J. H. Gurney and Lord Tweeddale have seen 
the specimen and confirmed my identification. It is appa¬ 
rently an old female. 
45. Milvus govinda. 
The Pariah Kites are only found in Tonghoo during the 
dry season, arriving at the termination of the rains, and 
leaving at the first burst of the next south-west monsoon. 
I regret that, not having preserved specimens, 1 am unable 
to say whether I am right in referring the Tonghoo bird to 
M. govinda , Sykes. 
58. Asio ACCIPITRINUS. 
I obtained one specimen of the Short-eared Owl at Tonghoo. 
59. Athene cuculoides. 
Very common in most parts of the plains that I have visited, 
especially at Rangoon. Its note is sometimes not unlike that 
of Xantholcema hcemacephala. 
68. Dichoceros bicornis. 
(Burmese “ Ouk-chin-gyee.") 
The large Hornbill is very common in the Tonghoo district, 
