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Assam, Manipur and Cachar — in the last 

 place it is reported to be a winter visitor. It 

 inhabits also the eastern ranges of Burma. 

 But to the west of the Irawaddy there is 

 a difierent species — Myiophoneus eugenii — 

 which resembles the northern bird very 

 closely and has the same characteristics. 

 The Malabar species — M. horsfieldi — 'in- 

 habits Southern India up to Travancore 

 but does not cross the straits to Ceylon. 

 Its favourite resorts are those spring-fed 

 streams that leap in torrents from step to 

 step down the steep side of the plateau. 

 In summer when the rivers below dry up, 

 the bird is forced into the hiorher ransres 

 of the Pachmari, the Vindhya or the 

 Nilghiris. It is found also in Chota- 

 Nagpur and Orissa hills. It differs slight- 

 ly in coloration and size from temmincJcii, 

 but in habits and disposition, is in no way 

 dissimilar. 



In the lonely glens and gorges, or by 

 the side of a mountain torrent, the limpid, 

 almost human, whistles of the Kastura 



