BIRDS OF THE nn AMD B IS TRICT. 1 1 1 



and high grass but fiiiled to find its nest. It has a series of very fine loud 

 nofcei wh3i di^turbil, and is thus easily resugnizable. 



* ( -G) SciuOKA POLIO lis, Blyth. — (The Ashy-breasted Crow-Tit.) 



Very tit-like in its habits, going about in parties with yEyiihahycva. 1 

 think they must be late breeders, as I failed tu fi id any indications of their 



nesting. 



(59) SuTH )KA ATRiSDPERCiLiARis, (Godw.-Aust ) — (The Black-browed 

 Crow-Tit. ) 

 Recorded by Col. ' ippon. 



* (fiOa) SoriDUV Bu'UN'N'RA, Anders. — (Anderson's Crow-Tit). 



Very plentiful in the Hills at about ft,000 feet ; ar.d beicre the breeding 

 season commenoes goes about in small parties, haunting low trees and bushes; 

 later on keeps entirely to gi-ass and bracken. 



I found several nssts, all were placed within two feet of the ground 

 generally ia a clump of grass or rushes, rarely on a bramble, and were 

 always well hidden and only found by seeing the bird fly out. The nest is 

 a very compact cup mado of bamboo Isaves and grass, occasionally having 

 a little moss on the outside. Three seems to be the complement of eggs, 

 rarely two. I found one nest containing four fiesh eggs. 



Etjfja.—A. pale blue. Average of nine eggs -64 x '52 ; largest -GO x 'S'i ; smallest 



•60X-50. 



As some of my birds run very near Sutlwra styani, Ripp, Bull., B.O.C., 

 XIII. p. 54, 1 here give a description o£ it. 



( 7'n/M<.) '-Similar to S. hrmin^a. but paler. Dnderparts veiy pale 

 throat and chest white, not vinac3us, with conspicuous reddish-brown stripes." 



CRATEROPODIN^. 



Kachin name for all Laughing Thrushes, Wo-Krang. 

 (62) Dryonastes rupicollis, (Jard. and Selby)— (The Rufous-necked 

 Thrush.) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 

 *(GGtf) Dryonastks kaukiensis, Ripp. — (The Kachin Hill Laughing 

 Thrush ) 

 Bull., B.O.C., Vol. XIII, p. 13. 

 Kachin name. - Wo-Krang-Kratig-Frong. 



(7raK.<.) "Similar to D. mbccerulalus (Hume), and with tail feathert^ 

 tipped with white, but the cheeks reddish-brown, uniform and less white." 

 Total length about 11*3, culrnen 1-05, winff 4* I, tail 4-.')5, tarsus l-(3. 

 Orbital skin and bare-naked patch round the eyes slaty-blue. 

 A very handsome bird with its rich brown colouring and white breast. It 

 has a very fi le almost human whistle which can be easily imitated and the 

 bird called up. It generally keeps to dense jungle. 



A'««i/«//.— My Burman collector found a nest containing two incubated 

 eggs, shooting parent bii'd. The nest was placed on a small mountain. 



