A R B O R I C O L A INTERMEDIA
Arboricola intermedius, Blylh.
Vernacular Names-— [Toun-Iika (Burmese), Pegu.}
HE area of distribution of this species is as yet quite
undefined. It has been sent from various places in
the Aracan Hills, from as low down as opposite Sandoway
to as high up as above the town of Aracan
itself. It extends quite to the foot of the hills on
their eastern side, where a specimen was shot by
Captain Swetenham near the 24th mile of the
military road leading across the mountains from Prome to
Tonghoo {fide Oates.)
Again, Godwin-Austen says he obtained it in N. Cachar and
in the Naga Hills.
Nothing further is known of its distribution within our limits,
but outside these I have specimens from the neighbourhood
of Bhamo, in Independent Burma.
I HAVE never seen this bird alive, and nothing, so far as I
know, has ever been recorded about its habits, food or nidification.
SKINS MEASURE:—
Length, io-o to i r o ; wing, 5-15 to 5 7 ; tail from vent, 2'2 to
2'4 ; tarsus, 1-5 ; bill from gape, 0'8 to op.
We know nothing of the colours of the soft parts, but the bill
seems to be black and the legs red. There appears to be no
difference in the plumage of the sexes.
THE PLATE is fair, but the crown is olive, not black, as the
peculiar shading might lead the unwary to suppose. There are
no brown crescentic markings on the breast (also, I suppose an
eccentric form of shading), and the back should be a little more
olivaceous. The size of the black patch on the throat varies
much in different specimens.