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you remind me of the apothegm that any child can ask ques- 

 tions which the wise man cannot answer. 



Yours &c., 



Thomas M. Brewer. 



March 20th, 1878. 

 Sirs, — It may be interesting to some of the readers of 

 ' The Ibis ' to hear that several live specimens of the fine 

 rare Ceriornis blythi (the first known example of which was 

 brought home by Dr. Jerdon in 1869) have this last cold 

 season been obtained by Capt. Brydon, of the 44tli Sylhet 

 Light Infantry, who was sent up on an expedition against 

 the Nagas of Mozemah, which is situated under the Burrail 

 range. Lieut. E. C. Macgregor, of the same regiment, writes 

 that he hoped to be the possessor of a pair in a day or two, 

 but does not mention if a female had been brought in — a great 

 desideratum; for it is not yet known to ornithologists. I have 

 written to recommend that these birds be kept during the 

 hot weather at Shillong, in the Khasi hills, the head quarters 

 of the regiment, and thus well broken to confinement, before 

 being sent home in the cold weather. I trust therefore we 

 may again see living specimens in England, which may lead 

 to their being established here. 

 Yours &c., 



H. H. GoDWIN-AuSTEN, Lt,-Col. 



London, March 24th, 1878. 

 Sirs,— In ' Stray Feathers,' vol. v. pp. 60, 117, Mr. A. O. 

 Hume has called attention to the confusion that exists re- 

 garding the Hornbill included in my first list of birds from 

 the north-east frontier of India (J. A. S. B. vol, xxxix. pt. 2, 

 p. 91) under the title Anorhinus galeritus, Temm., and ex- 

 presses a hope that I will look into the matter. This I 

 have been unable to do until lately ; but I think the question 

 may now be clearly settled. In the preparation of this list I 

 was much indebted to the kind assistance of Dr. T. C. Jerdon, 

 who happened to be in the Khasi hills at the time the collec- 

 tion was being brought together ; he took a very great interest 



