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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    [From the total number of birds known to inhabit Burma, 660, as noted in the foregoing list, four must be deducted. Namely : 1. Palmrnis melanorhjnchus, apud Blyth. 2. Tcraspizias rhodogastra. 3. Micropterms burmannicus—M. rufinotus. 4. Pellorneum minor—P. tickelli. The next seven species may have been confounded with species also enumerated: 5. Caprimulgus indicus with C.jotaka. 6. Cypselus batassiensis with C. infumaius. 7. Sturnia malabarica with S. nemorioola. 8. Brachyurus megarhynchus with B. moluccensis. 9. CryptoJoplia bur/cii with C. tephrocephalus. 10. Orthotomus edela with 0. flavi-viridis. 11. Macropygia ruficeps with M. assimilis. And the total may have to be still further reduced by three more species, namely: 12. Sturnia sinensis, its occurrence not resting on good evidence. 13. Machlolophus subviridis, apparently M. spilonotus, juv. 14. BracJiypodius cinereiventris, perhaps a variety only of B. melano- cephalus. The following four species, not separately enumerated, may have to be added: 1. Megalcema virens, in addition to If. marshallorum. 2. Hemixus hildebrandi, in addition to If. Jlavala. 3. Criniger griseiceps, in addition to C. Jtaveolus. 4. Osmotreron remans. Further investigations will doubtless make known a great many more forms belonging to either Himalayan or Malayan genera.]—Walben.