on some Burmese Birds, 
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tained specimens in the hills, which, unfortunately, were lost, 
together with a valuable collection, in transit to Lord Tweed- 
dale's residence at Chislehurst. 
83. Alcedo bengalensis. 
I found a nest in the side of an old well in some thick 
jungle near Rangoon, at about five feet from the surface; it 
contained seven eggs. 
A specimen shot at Tonghoo in October has a broad but 
faint pectoral band of dull blue feathers. 
88. Eurystomus orientalis. 
I never saw this bird in Burma until the month of April 
1875, when descending the western slopes of the Karen hills, 
at an elevation of about 700 feet. I afterwards found them 
common at about 2000 feet. The birds may, however, be 
considered generally scarce. 
94. Megal/Ema marshallorum. 
This large Barbet is very common in the Karen hills, and 
very noisy, keeping up its call almost incessantly during the 
night at certain seasons. Iris hair-brown ; bill dull yellow, 
tinged with green, culmen blackish; legs dusky green. 
96. Megal;ema asiatica. 
98. MegalyEMA ramsayi. 
Megalcema ramsayi , Walden, Ann. &Mag. N. H. ser. 4, xv. 
p. 400, June 1875. 
These two species are very common in the hills, where they 
take the place of M. hodgsoni , so abundant in the plains. 
104. Alophonerpes pulverulentus. 
This large Woodpecker is extremely common in the wooded 
country between Tonghoo and the Pegu Yoma range. I have 
seen as many as twelve in one tree. Gecinus erythropygius 
also has a habit of going about in flocks; for I have seen as 
many as nine or ten following one another out of a tree, after 
the manner of the Chatterers ( Garrulax ). 
The Slaty Woodpecker is found up to a considerable ele¬ 
vation in the Karen hills, unlike Thriponax crawfurdi , which 
I have never seen except on the plains. 
