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161. Malayan Wreathed Hornbill — Rhytidoceros undulatus. (1054). 



All these are common. They are valued by the Chins, as 

 their feathers are much iised both as ceremonial head dresses 

 (as are the tail feathers of racket-tailed drongos) ai:d for hanging 

 round graves. The hornbill is the only bird of killing which a 

 record is put on the grave ; that is, the custom is to cut into a 

 teak plank or stone used as the head piece of the grave an image 

 of all beasts killed by the tenant (including things from men 

 and elephants to barking deer), but hornbills are the only 

 birds so recorded. They are shot from a platform in a ficus- 

 bound tree, with a bow and arrow, when they come to feed. 



162. Indian Hoopoe — Upupa indica. (1067). 



163. Brown-necked Spine-tail — Chcetwa indica. {?) (1078). 



I saw a flock one day which I think was this. 



164. Common Indian Nightjar — Caprimulgus asiaticus. (1091). 



165. Horsfield's Nightjar — Caimmulyus macrurus. (]093). 



166. Chinese Nightjar — Caprimidgus jotaka. (1095 a). 



Two hard set eggs taken at Haingyan, which were unfortu- 

 nately broken. 



167. Great Eared Nightjar — Lyncornis ccrviniceps. (1096), 



Saw this bird in the Chin Hills and took two eggs (both 

 single) in the Upper Chindwin Division. They were found in 

 ' Tin-wa ' [Cephalostachyum j)crgracile) bamboo jungle, one on 

 2nd April 1914, very hard set, and measuring l-69''x 1'18", 

 the egg being an oval slightly pointed at one end, and the 

 other on 15th April 1915, Fresh, a perfect oval measuring 

 l'66"xl"17". In neither case was there any nest, and the 

 eggs were of the usual nightjar type. 



168. Hodgson's Frogmouth — Batrachostomus hodgsoni. (1097). 



Six or seven nests brought in, one with young birds, four or 

 five.with eggs, and the rest empty. Typical of the species. 



169. Red-headed Trogon — Harpactes erythrocephalus. (1101). 



170. Red-rumped Trogon — Harpactes duvauceli. (1102). 



Hopwood saw one in 1913, but was unfortunate in missing it. 

 It was either this, or some species not included in F, B. I., as it 

 was not fasciatus, erythrocepihalus or orescius. 



171. Cuckoo — Cuculus canorus. (1104). 



Common. 



Took eggs from nests of M. argentauris, pale blue and measur- 

 ing •92"x-71'', and •88"x-69". 



172. Himalayan Cuckoo — Cuculus saturatus. (1105). 



I took two eggs from nests of (?) A.davisoni which are exactly 

 like those which this bird lays, but did not shoot a bird. 



