Catalogue of mammals and birds of Burma / by the late E. Blyth ; with a memoir, and portrait of the author.

  • Edward Blyth
Date:
1875
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Credit: Catalogue of mammals and birds of Burma / by the late E. Blyth ; with a memoir, and portrait of the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1875.] Fctm. Graucalidse. *409. Gkaucalus macei (J. 270). Arakan, Tenasserim. [Rangoon, Tonghoo hills, Karen nee from 2500 feet to 4000 feet ( TVR.)\ Thayet Myo (Al).] *410. Yolvocivora avensis. Yolvocivora avensis, nobis, Catal. p. 327; C. melmoptera, nobis, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 307- Common in Arakan. [Rangoon, Tonghoo, Thayet Myo, Karen nee (TP. R.); Rabyouk, near Amherst (Z>.).] *411. V. sykesi (J. 268). Upper Pegu. [412. Y. MELANOSCHISTTJS (J. 269). V. melaschistos, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. i. p. 328 (1836). Examples obtained at Pahpoon, Pabyouk, Ye-boo, and Ye, by Mr. Davi¬ son, are thus identified, with doubt, by Mr. Hume (Str. Feath. ii. p. 474).] *413. Pericrocotus speciostts (J. 271). Turdus speciosus, Lath.; Gould, B. As. pt. ix.; P. rutilus, Gould; P. fratereulus, Swinhoe; P. andamanensis, Tytler. Hgnet-men-tha J , hgnct-men-thamie ? (“ Prince and Princess Bird,” Mason). Arakan, Tenasserim, Andaman Islands, Khasias, Siam; and Hainan (Swinhoe). Mr. Y. Ball remarks of this species that “ the amount of red on the central tail-feathers varies much in specimens from various parts of India and Burma.” Four out of five males from the Andamans have the central tail-feathers wholly black. The specimens in Lord Walden’s collection from India have black middle tail-feathers, while in those from Burma the outer web is red. Others sent by Mr. Swinhoe as P. fratereulus do not appear to be separable. [Tonghoo, Karen nee (TP. R.)', Thayet Myo (O.). Out of a numerous series from Tonghoo and its vicinity only one male has the middle pair of rectrices completely black; while in all the females, without exception, they are entirely black. Some Assam examples have the middle pair black.] *414. P. brevirostris (J. 273). Phcenicornis brevirostris, Vigors; Gould’s Century, pi. 8. Arakan. [Karen nee, at 3000 feet (TP. R.)\ pine forests north of Pahpoon (D.).]