of Assam Mammalia and Birds. 451 



joint, and the inner to the first joint: beak compressed, arched 

 equally from the forehead, and terminating in a point formed by 

 Jboth mandibles : nostrils concealed with feathers : body seven, tail 

 five inches long." — McClelland s MS. 



Fam. Hirundinidje. 

 Genus Hirundo, Auct. 



10. Hirundo brevirostris. Supra nigricans nitore olivaceo ; 

 subtus fuscescens, alis elongatis ; caudd mediori subfurcatd ; ros~ 

 tro brevissimo. 



This species agrees with Hirundo fuciphaga in habit, in propor- 

 tional length of wing, and shortness of beak, and in colour above ; 

 but it is darker underneath, and more than one third larger : entire 

 length six inches. 



11. Hirundo Jiewan, Sykes, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 83. 

 The specimens of this bird sent from Assam by Mr. McClelland 



agree in all points with those discovered in Dukhun by Col. Sykes. 



12. Hirundo brevicaudata. Supra, fusca; subtus cana ; uro- 

 pygio albido ; caudd brevissimd subcequali. 



This species has the general physiognomy of the Hir. concolor, 

 Sykes, but it is considerably smaller, of a lighter tint, and without 

 the white spots on the tail which mark that species. 



Fam. Todid^e. 

 Genus Eurylaimus, Horsf. 



13. Eurylaimus lunatus, Gould, Trans. Zool. Soc. of London, I. 

 175. 



The specimens forwarded by Mr. McClelland from Assam agree 

 with those preserved in the Museum of the Zoological Society, which 

 have been examined and marked by Mr. Gould. 



14. Eurylaimus Dalhousice, Jamieson, Edin. New Phil. Journ., 

 vol. 18, p. 389. Psarisomus Dalhousice, Swainson, Cab. Cyclop. 

 Birds, Vol. II. 261. Royle's Illustr., Part VI. PK 7. 



Eurylaimus Psittacinus, Tem. PL Col. 598. 



Eurylaimus (Crossodera) Dalhousice, Gould, 'Icones Avium,' 

 Part I. Aug. 1837. 



" Above grass-green, beneath light bluish-green ; throat yellow ; 

 crown velvet-black, with blue and yellow spots ; quills black on their 

 inner margins, but anteriorly light blue in the middle of the wings ; 

 tail slender, light blue above, beneath black ; length nine inches." — 

 McClelland > MS. 



Fam. Halcyonidje. 



Genus Alcedo, Linn. 



15. Alcedo Bengalensis, Gmel. Linn. I. 450. Little Ind. King- 

 fisher, Edw. 



16. Alcedo rudis, Linn. 1. 181.- Black and White Kingfisher, Edw. 



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