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Show 552 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON BIRDS FROM TENASSERIM. [NOV. 22, on the authority of the date cited by Dr. Jerdon. Sumatran specimens have yet to be compared with continental, and if found to be specially distinct will have to take Lafresnaye's title of flavo-cristatus. Prince Bonaparte ('Conspectus') keeps the two separate, but gives no other distinction than that of size, Hodgson's species being, according to the Prince, the smallest. However, this statement is not quite reliable, for the Prince records them both from the Himalayas. 31. MUNIA ACUTICAUDA, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. 1836, p. 153. No. 67, d* • Moulmein. A larger bird than Darjeeling specimens in m y collection. Bill stouter and longer ; colouring much deeper. Above not to be distinguished from Malabar specimens of M. striata, (Linn.), but wanting the uniform deep-brown breast and pure-white belly of that species. Formosan specimens agree much better with the Himalayan race. 32. MUNIA UNDULATA, (Lath.). Loxia undulata, Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. p. 387. Nos. 30, 31, 50. Moulmein ; Schouay Goon, Salween River. " Irides dark sienna ; legs light violet; beak plumbeous, and eyelids the same. Common along the banks of the Salween River. Thdrza or Tow-za, Burmese, i. e. Jungle-Sparrow." The continental race is considered by Horsfield and Moore as distinguishable from the Javan bird (Loxia punctularia, Linn., = F. risoria, Temm.) by the whitish grey on the rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail of the Javan race being exchanged for glistening fulvous in the continental species. From want of authentic Javan specimens I am unable to confirm this opinion; but a Flores specimen in m y collection has the upper tail-coverts and margins of the rectrices glistening fulvous as in the Indian race, but of a paler hue. It is also a smaller bird than these Tenasserim specimens. 33. CRYPSIRHINA VARIANS, (Lath.). Corvus varians, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. 1790, p. 26. Nos. 61, d, 47, 2 • Moulmein. " Tolerably common in the neighbourhood of Moulmein, frequenting large trees in parties of seven or eight. Has a rather harsh call. Irides bright blue ?" The sexes do not appear to differ. Compared with a Javan specimen I can detect no further distinction than in the greater lustre of the Java bird's plumage. The dimensions are equal. It has not been discovered lower in the Malay countries than Mergui. 34. ACRIDOTHERES FUSCUS, (Wagler). Pastor fuscus, Wagler, Syst. Av. 1827. sp. 6. No. 75, d • Moulmein. " Irides bright yellow ; bill and legs bright yellow, the former with a bluish-green tinge at base of lower mandible." Tenasserim individuals are regarded by Mr. Blyth as identical with those inhabiting |
