G e n u s P h y i l o k n i s , B o i e .
168. P h y l l o u n i s a u e i e e o n s , Temminck,
Phyllomis aurifrom, Temm., Pl. Col., 484, fig. 1,1829; Gray, Gen. B., Yol. i, p. 124, 1846- id
Cat. Mamm., te., Kepal, Hodgs, p. 61, 1846; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p ’212’
1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 896, I860; Cab. & Heine, Mne. Hein., th.i,p 114 I860-
Horst. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 268, 1864; Jerdon, B. Ind.,'vol. Ü
p. 99, 1868 ; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 277,1869 ; Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc, Bengal
1870, vol. irrii, p. 106; Ball, St&y Feathers, 1874, p. 411; Hume, t. c„ n 477- id"
Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 129.
CAloropsis malabaricus, Jerdon & Selby, 111. Om., pl. v, and text to pl. 100.
Chloropm aurifrons, Jerdon & Selby, text to p. 100; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 458,
1842, vol. xii, p. 956, 1843; Jerdon, Madr. Joum., vol. xiii, p. 123, 1844. ’ ’
Phyllomis malabaricus, Fairbank, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp.- 258, 265; Hume & Fairbank ibid.
p. 400.
a. b. c. t Sawady, 25th and 30th January 1875.
d. Bhamój 18th September 1868.
e‘ „ ' 19th February 1868.
The only difference observable in my specimens is that the black of the neck
does not extend quite so far down as in Temminck’s drawing, and in specimens
of this species from Singbhoom, Midnapore, and Behra Doon. I did not observe
it on the Kakhyen hills nor in the valleys beyond.
Genus I o k , a , Horsfield.
1 6 9 . I o r a t y p h ia , Linnaeus.
Motacilla typhia, Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. i, 1766, p. 881.
Iora typhia, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 428.
a. b. ¡5 Bhamoj 8th September 1868.
In no way different from Indian birds.
Common throughout Upper Burma, but does not extend into the valleys
beyond Muangla.
Family— ORIOL1DÆ.
Genus O e i o l u s , Linnæus.
170. O r io l u s m e l a n o c e p h a l u s , Linnæus.
The black-headed Indian Icterus, Edwards, Birds, pl. lxxvii, 1747.
Le Loriot de Bengale, Briss. Om., ii, p. 329, 1760.
Oriotus milmwuphaU,, Linn., Syst. Nat., vol,i, p. 160 ; Jerdon, Madr. Joum, x, p. 262, 1889 ■ Grav
Gen. B., vol. i, p. 282, 1845 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus, As. Soe., Bengal, p. 216, 1849 - Bonau’
Consp., t. i, p. 846, 1860 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p 269 1864 '■
Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ü, p. HO, 1862; Schl., Mus. P.-B. Corrni, p. 106, 1867; Gray,’ Handh
B., vol. i, p. 292, 1869; Ball, Stray Feathers,. 1878, p. 71} 1874, p. 412; Hume, Stray
Feathers, 1878, p. 280; 1874, p. 477; 1875, p. 183; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p, 801,
1874; Armstrong, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 827; Sharpe, Cat. B., B. M., vol. iii, 1877, p. 215.
Oriolus maderaspalan-us, Frankl., Proc. Zool. Soe., 1881, p. 118.
Oriolus M’Coshii, Tiekell, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, ii, p. 577, 1833.
Oriolus hodgsonii, Swains., An. in. Menag., p. 290, 1887; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi,
p. 460, 1842; Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 83, 1844; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 232, 1845.
Oriolus strigipectus, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 83, 1844.
Oriolus ceylonensis, Bonap. Consp./ t. i, p. 347, 1850; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. Ill, 1862; Schl.,
Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 107, 1867; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i,p. 292, 1869; Holdsw., Proc. Zool.
Soc., 1872, p. 453; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 439; Sharpe, Cat. B., B. M., vol. iii,
}877, p , 216,
a. S Sawady, 28th January 1875.
bt c. Bhamoj 28th January and February 1868.
The black does not extend quite so far down the breast as in Indian birds.
I t does not appear to be common about Bhamd, and I did not observe it in
the Kakhyen bills nor in the country beyond.
Family—NBCTARIMDM.
Genus A r a c h n e c h t h r a , Cabanis.
171. A r a c h n e c h t h r a e d e n i , n. s. Plate XLIX,
Arachnechthra asiatica, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 473, et 1875, p. 87; Blyth & Walden,
Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 141.
a. $ Six miles below Bhamó, 31st January 1875.
Mr. Hume, in his account of the birds of Upper Pegu, mentions that all the
specimens which he has seen from Thayet-myo “ have been remarkable by the
entire absence of any greenish gloss in any light. ” This I find to be the case
with my Bhamó bird, which I have compared with a large series of Indian skins,
and there can be no doubt that Mr. Hume’s observations are quite to the point, and
that the absence of green shade separates the Burmese from the Indian birds.
Although A. cmucaria, vel asiatica appears purplish above, the shade is very differ-,
ent from the violet lustre of A . edeni, and in the latter this violet colour of the back
is continued on to the sides of the neck and cheeks, the purplish throat being margined
on each side with violet instead of with green, as is so evident in all specimens
of A. asiatica. The Bhamó example measures : total length 4-2 inches; culmen
0*75 ; wing 2*1 ; tail T5 ; tarsus 0'55.
Genus J E t h o p y g a , Cabanis.
172. JE t h o p y g a m il e s , Hodgson.
Goulpourah creeper, Lath., Gen. Hist. B., iv, p. 222, pl. lxxiv, 1822.
. Nectarinia seheria, Tiekell, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. ii, p. 577, 1833.