of Assam Mammalia and Birds. 451 
joint, and the inner to the first joint: beak compressed, arched 
equally from the forehead, and terminating in a point formed by 
both mandibles: nostrils concealed with feathers: body seven, tail 
five inches long.” —Mc Clelland’s MS. 
Fam. HiruNDINIDA. 
Genus Hirunpo, Auct. 
10. HtRUNDO BREVIROSTRIS. Supra nigricans nitore olivaceo; 
subtus fuscescens, alis elongatis ; caudd mediori subfurcatd ; ros- 
tro brevissimo. 
This species agrees with Hirundo fuciphaga in habit, in propor- 
tional length of wing, and shortness of beak, and in colour above; 
but it is darker underneath, and more than one third larger: entire 
length six inches. 
11. Hirundo Jewan, Sykes, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 83. 
The specimens of this bird sent from Assam by Mr. McClelland 
_agree in all points with those discovered in Dukhun by Col. Sykes. 
12. HrruNDOo BREVICAUDATA. Supra fusca; subtis cana; uro- 
pygio albido ; caudd brevissimd subcequali. 
This species has the general physiognomy of the Hir. concolor, 
Sykes, but it is considerably smaller, of a lighter tint, and without 
the white spots on the tail which mark that species. 
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Fam. Topipz. 
Genus EuryLaimus, Horsf. 
13. Eurylaimus lunatus, Gould, Trans. Zool. Soe. of London, I. 
175. 
The specimens forwarded by Mr. McClelland from Assam agree 
with those preserved in the Museum of the Zoological Society, which 
have been examined and marked by Mr. Gould. 
14. Eurylaimus Dalhousie, Jamieson, Edin. New Phil. Journ., 
vol. 18, p. 389. Psarisomus Dalhousie, Swainson, Cab. Cyclop. 
Birds, Vol. II. 261. Royle’s Illustr., Part VI. Pl. 7. 
Eurylaimus Psittacinus, Tem. Pl. Col. 598. 
Eurylaimus (Crossodera) Dathousie, Gould, ‘Icones Avium,’ 
Part I. Aug. 1837. 
“« Above grass-green, beneath light bluish-green; throat yellow ; 
crown velvet-black, with blue and yellow spots; quills black on their 
inner margins, but anteriorly light blue in the middle of the wings ; 
tail slender, light blue above, beneath black ; length nine inches.”— 
MeClelland’s MS. 
Fam. HaLcyonipz&. 
Genus Atcepo, Linn. 
15. Aleedo Bengalensis, Gmel. Linn. I. 450. Little Ind. King- 
fisher, Edw. 
16. Alcedo rudis, Linn. I. 181. Black and White Kingfisher, Edw. 
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