268 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. VIII, 



{a) 9 , Rotung, 1400 ft., io-iii-12. I.M. No. 25267. 

 (&) c, Rotung, 2-i-i2. I.M. No. 25295. 

 [a) 9 , Bipani, Dibang Valley, Mishmi Hills, 2100 ft., 

 i6-i-i2 {F.M.B.). 



"Bill grey, feet light horn. Mishmi name Echo-chi. Naga 

 names Kurkapa or Gasha-totai." {F.M.B.). 



As with the Criniger so with this Hemixus, there is no trace 

 of any approach to the Burmese forms, though in this case we 

 should hardly expect it as the Himalayan forms extend well into 

 Northern Burma. The specimens, however, are all three rather 

 exceptionally dark though I can match them with birds from 

 Cachar and the Khasi Hills. 



30. Hemixus maclellandi maclellandi (Horsf.). 



O. and B., vol. i, p. 265. 

 B. M. Cat , vol. vi, p. 50. 



(a) Not sexed. Misshing, 2000 ft., Feb. 1912. 

 B.N.H.S. No. 40. 



The single specimen obtained of this species agrees exactly 

 with vSikkim and Nepal birds. 



31. Alucurus striatus (Blyth). 



O. and B., vol. i, p. 266. 

 B. M. Cat., vol. vi, p. 91. 



{a) and {b) Not sexed. Between Kalek and Misshing, 

 15 — i8-iii-i2. I.M. Nos. 25304 — 5. 



32. Molpastes haemorrhous bengalensis (Hodg.). 



O. and B., vol. i, p. 271. 

 B. M. Cat., vol. vi, p. 128. 



(a) cf , Kobo, 400 ft., lo-xii-ii. I.M. No. 25300. 

 (&) 9 , Kobo, 400 ft., 29-iii-i2. I.M. No. 25259. 



Here also we have the purely Himalayan and Northern Indian 

 form, although south of the Brahmaputra in the extreme east of 

 Assam we have birds which more nearly approach Molpastes h. 

 hurmanicus, and in Cachar, Sylhet and Chittagong meet with 

 specimens which are identical with the Burmese birds in all 

 respects. 



Specimen {h) is a curiously " bleached" specimen, one cannot 

 call it albino, with the blacks and browns reduced to a cinnamon 

 brown. 



33. Otocompsa emeria emeria (I^inn.). 



O. and B., vol. i, p. 276. 

 B. I\t. Cat., vol. vi, p. 157. 



