188 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Gecinus. 



tion of red on the head, resembles rather G. chlorig aster. I 

 have in my collection an example from Assam^ very similar 

 to the Perak bird. 



This species is common in Nepal and the South-east Hima- 

 layas, ranging into Bengal and Orissa, and to the east ex- 

 tending into Cachar and Assam. To the south it is found 

 throughout the Burmese Empire; in Tenasserim, and also 

 in the Malayan peninsula as far as Perak. Dr. Scully (Str. 

 F. 1879, p. 249), in writing on this species, observes, ''It is 

 tolerably common in the Nepal Valley, where it breeds. It 

 is usually found in tree forests, about the lower parts of the 

 surrounding hills, but occasionally visits the wooded knolls 

 in the central part of the valley. It is not uncommon in the 

 lower hills. Dun and Sal forest in winter.^' Jerdon states 

 that it is rare in Lower Bengal, and found as far as Cuttack, 

 and that it may probably occur in the Midnapore jungles. 

 Mr. Ball (Str. F. vii. p. 206, 1878), in his " List of Birds 

 found in the region which extends from the Bajmehal Hills 

 to the Godaveri Valley," gives as localities Orissa, south of 

 Mahanadi and Lohardugga. I have in my collection spe- 

 cimens from north-eastern Cachar, procured by Mr. J. Inglis, 

 who says it is rather rare. In the Hume collection there 

 are examples from Assam, and I also possess specimens from 

 the latter country. Mr. Hume obtained this species in the 

 eastern Manipur Hills, and in his collection there is also an 

 example from Tipperah. Blyth (J. A. S. B. 1863, p. 75) 

 gives as a habitat, " Shan Hills, East of Ava; " and in Blyth 

 and Walden^s ' Birds of Burmah,^ the species is said to be 

 found in the Khasias and in Arakan. Mr. Gates states : — 

 " In Upper Pegu it occurs from Thayetmyo to Tonghoo, but 

 it is not very common anywhere.'^ I have received from 

 Capt. Bingham a female specimen obtained by him on the 

 hills just north of Pegu Town. Major Wardlaw Ramsay 

 records it from the Karen-nee Hills, at 3000 feet elevation. 

 Messrs. Hume and Davison (Str. F. vi. p. 138, 1878) state : 

 — " In Tenasserim this species is confined to the northern 

 and central portions of the province, occurring alike in the 

 lower and highest hills, and even in the plains, though rare 



