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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    *415. P. rosees (J. 275). Muscicapa rosea, Vieillot; Gould, B. As. pt. ix. pi. — Arakan. [Tonghoo (W. R.); Pahpoon (21.).] *416. P. peregrines (J. 276). Farus peregrinus, Linn.; Gould, B. As. pt. ix. pi. — Arakan, Tenasscrim. Common; some of the males very brightly coloured, and appearing to grade into P. flagrans, Boie, of the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Mr. Y. Ball remarks that “Andaman specimens correspond to the darker-plumaged variety of this bird from Madras and Ceylon, from one of which Gould’s figure is taken.” [Tonghoo (X.); Karen nee (W. R.)\ Thayet Myo (X.).] P. flagrans, Boie, in no way resembles P. peregrinus, otherwise than by its small dimen¬ sions. It is a diminutive form of P. ardens, Boie, which, in its turn, is a small form of P. speciosus. The female of P. flagrans is yellow and grey, as in the other two species. P. peregrinus is a distinct type, and has no known representative in any part of the Malayan sub-region.] *417. P. ALBIFRONS. P. albifrons, Jerdon, Ibis, 1863, p. 20. Thayet-myo. An interesting “double” of the Indian P. erythropygius. [Tonghoo (X.); Thayet Myo (X.).] Pam. Pipridse. Manakins. *418. Calyptomena viridis. Calyptomena viridis, Raffles; Horsfield, Zool. Res. in Java, pi.; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. pt. 2, p. 284. Tenasserim mountains.* “These birds resort to dense thickets when alarmed, but will sally out to feed on fruits (wild figs), and they mingle with Barbets and other birds while so doing. The note is low and sweet—a low whistle. Like the Eary- laimi, they are tame and stupid” (Tickell). Heifer also procured this species in the Tenasserim provinces. * vide J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 213; Tickell, op. oil. xxiv. p. 279.