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and apparently reaches to the neighbourhood of Pekin. It is 

 found throughout the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo, and even in Northern Celebes. 



The following is a list of exact localities, with the authority 

 in each case :— 



Indian Subregion. — Kumaon, May (Irby, Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 230). River Chira and River Thai, Kumaon (Reid, Cat. 

 Lucknow Mus. p. 40). Nepal Valley, May ; breeds (Scully, 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 257). Native Sikkim (Mandelli; Hume 

 Coll.). Sikkim, in the warmer valleys (Jerdon, B. Ind. i. 

 p. 341). Tipperah (Simpson, Ibis, 1882, p. 87). Breeds in 

 Tipperah (Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. B. p. 138). Cachar 

 (Simpson, Ibis, 1882, p. 87). Sadhya, Assam (J. Cock- 

 burn; Hume Coll.). Garo Hills (Godwin-Austen, J. A. 

 S. B. xliii. p. 156). Dacca {Hume Coll.). Rare near Cal- 

 cutta (Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 74). Madras; ob- 

 tained alive (Jerdon, Madr. Journ. p. 222). " Not seen by me 

 in South India ; does not ascend the hills " (Davison, Str. F. 

 1878, p. 162). Khotagherry, December (Miss Cockburn ; 

 Hume Coll.). Trichinopoly {Hume Coll.). 



Ceylon.— K&ndy District (Hold8Worth,P.Z. S. 1872, p. 432); 

 Colombo, February (Hart ; Hume Coll.) ; Ragam Corale, 

 Western Province, Ceylon, December (Hart; Hume Coll.). 

 " Migratory in Ceylon, arriving in October and departing 

 again in April. Whether or not it leaves the extreme north 

 of the island altogether, I have been unable to ascertain with 

 certainty ; but there is no question about its being a visitor 

 to the southern parts of the west coast, for in October 



1876, while I was at Colombo, an individual was captured 

 on a canoe, some miles from the coast, and on which it had 

 alighted in an exhausted state. When it first arrives it is 

 not unfrequently seen in the Western Province, and then 

 disappears from the seaboard, taking up its quarters in the 

 interior of the low country and ascending the hills to some 

 altitude. It occurs sometimes in Dumbara, and in March 



1877, Mr. Bligh saw an example near his bungalow on the 

 Catton estate, at an elevation of more than 4000 feet ; he 

 informs me that they are very rare in the Haputale district, 



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