Stumopastor nigricollis, Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, yol. xliv, 1875, extra No.,
p. 90, 1875.
a. Katha, 10th January 1868.
b. ? Sawady, 28th January 1868.
c. Tapeng, 27th February 1868.
d. $ Bight bank of Tapeng, 5th January 1875.
e. ? Tsitkaw, 2nd February 1875.
/ . Manwyne, 22nd May 1868.
g. $ Muangla, 2nd May ] 868.
A. $ Momien, June 1868.
This species is not so common in Upper Burma äs in the high country to
the east of Bhamö. I have a specimen of the species from the extreme east
of China before me, and these Burmese and Yunnan birds differ in no respect
from it.
I t has m uch the same habits as S. co n tra , yar. sit/percilia/ns. I found it breeding
in the month of May in one of the few clumps of trees at Muangla.
Genus Temenuchxts, Cabanis.
50. Temenuchus burmanictjs, Jerdon.
Sturnia burmanica, Jerdon, Ibis, 1862, p. 21.
Temenuchus burmanicus, Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 20, 1870 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 149;
Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 90 ; Armstrong, Stray
Feathers, vol. iv, 1876, p. 332.
a. Yaylaymaw, Upper Burma, 6th January 1875.
b. Bhamö, 24th January 1868.
c. ,, 29th >>.■: ,,
d. „ 22nd February ,,
This species appears to be widely distributed over Burma, but I did not observe
it on the Chinese side of the range of hills to the east of Bham6.
The head, cheeks, and throat are very liable to vary in the intensity of their
colouring. In eight specimens before me only two have these parts white; in all the
others they are greyish-white, but in these cases when the feathers are drawn aside
they are seen to be pure white below.
51. Tementjchtts malababicus, Blyth.
jLe Martin vieillard de la cöte de Malabar, Sonn., Yoy. Ind., t. ii, p. 195, 1782.
Malabar Thrush, Lath., Gen. Syn., vol. ii, pt. 1, p. 30,1788.
Turdus malabaricus, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, pt. I I , p. 816, 1788.
Acridotheres malabaricus, Bonn. et. Vieill., Enc. Mdth., p. 691, 1823; Pears., Journ. As. Soe.,
Bengal, vol. x, p. 649, 1841.
Pastorpagodarum, Wagler, Syst. Av. Pastor, sp. 8, 1827; Me'Clell., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1889, p. 163.
Maina ajjinis, Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. v, p. 771, 1836.
Pastor einereu8, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 23, 1840.
P a s to r malabaricus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., yol. xiii, p. 138, 1844.
S tu rn ia malabarica, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 863, 1844; id., Cat. Mus., As. Soc.,
Bengal, p. 110,1850; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No.,
p. 90.
P a s to r caniceps, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., 1844, p. 84; Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xii, p. 97.
P a s to r b ly th ii, Gray,. Cat. B. Nep., Coll. Hodgs., p. 104, 1846.
Hetcerornis malabaricus, Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 835, 1847; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 419, 1850.
Temenuchus ma la b a ricu s, Cab., Mus. Hein., th. i, p. 204, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus.
E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 580, 1856 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 830,1864 ; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii,
p. 20,T£70; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 419; Hume, t. o., p. 480 ; id., Nests and Eggs,
Ind. B., p. 433, 1873; id., 'stray Feathers, 1875, p. 323.; Butler, t c ., p. 494; Armstrong,
op. c it., 1876, p. 832; Hume, t c . , p. 402; id., op. c i t , 1877, p. 38; Butler, t, c ., 1877, p.
280; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 88.
a . b. t Muangla, 12th May 1868.
These birds are paler on the belly and bead than Bengal specimens of this
species. I t is common in the Sanda valley, but I did not notice it in the Nantin or
Momien valleys farther to the east.
Family—P L O C E ID jSS.
Genus P l o c e t j s , Cuvier.
52. P l o c e t j s b a t a , Blyth.
P lo c eu sp h ilip p in en s is , Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1832, p. 94; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 25,1840 ;
Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, pp. 871, 889, 1842; Strickl., Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xiv, p. 553, 1845 ; Tickell, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xvii, p. 299, 1848; Blyth, Cat.
B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 115, 1849; Burgess, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1852, p. 88; Layaxd, Ann.
Nat. Hist., vol. xiii, 2nd Ser., p. 257, 1854; Tytler, I c ., p. 868.
Ploc eus ba ya , Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 945, 1844; Bonap. Consp., t. i., p. 442, 1850 ;
Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. i, p. 180, 1851; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus, E. In d .
Co., p. 515, 1856-58; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 843, 1863; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 44,
1870; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxix, p. 110,1870; Holdsw., Proc. Zool.
Soc.; 1872, p. 468; Adam., Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 387; Hume, op. c i t , 1874, p. 481;
Ball, i . e . , p. 420; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 436, 1878; id., Stray Feathers,
1875, p. 153'; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 92;
Butler, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 89; Fairbank, t c ., p. 260; Hume, op. c i t , 1877, p. 828.
Ploc eus a tr ig u la , Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844.
Ploc eus p a s s e r in u s , Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844.
Euple c te s baya, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xiii, p. 184,1844.
F r in g illa bengalensis, Sundev., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xviii, p. 260, 1846.
Euplectes fla v ic e p s , Hodgs., Cat. B., Nep., p i I05, 1846.
Bham6, 3rd February 1868.
Very common, building in bushes in long grass. On my return to Bham6 in
September I found many nests of this bird on partially submerged bushes at considerable
distances from the land.
I did not observe it on the Chinese side of the Kakhyen hills.