OF NORTH-EASTERN CACHAR. 245 



56 Us.— Milvus melanotis, Tern. & Sch. 



u Very common during the cold weather ; arrived this year 

 during the first week in September ; departs about May. — J. I." 



A young bird with a wing fully 19 and a huge whito 

 wiug patch. 



67.-— Pernis ptilorhynchus, Tern. 



" Not uncommon ; generally seen near heavy forest. — J. I." 

 A female, killed 27th April 1878, of the nearly uniform, dull- 

 brown, black-shafted type, with a scarcely noticeable crest, less 

 than one inch in length ; presumably a young bird with no grey 

 about the face, and with a small wing, 16'0. 



62.— Phodilus badius, Eorsf. 



" I have procured about half a dozen specimens of this Owl 

 in the villages. — J. I." 



One specimen killed at Dilkhushah, identical with Sikhim 

 examples. 



81 ter. — Ninox burmanica, Hume. 



" This Owl is rather common. — J. I." 



Another example, a male, killed, Dilkhushah, 25th April 1878, 

 with a wing 8*75, of the large, dusky, chocolate-coloured Ninox, 

 entered in our first list as Ninox innominata, but which, as I 

 subsequently explained (S. F., VI., 40,) may, I think, be properly 

 united with the Tenasserim birds, which I formerly named 

 burmanica. 



82 fo's.— Eirundo gutturalis, Scop. 



" Very common. — J. I." 



These are additional specimens of the birds entered in our 

 first list as rastica. There is no doubt that all are referable to 

 gutturalis, though whether that form is deserving of specific 

 separation remains to me very questionable (c.f. S. R, VI., 41.) 



82 ter.— Hirundo tytleri, Jerd. 



(i Very common. — J. I." 



A single, very characteristic adult of this species shot near 

 Dilkhushah with a wing fully 4' 6. The breast and the rest 

 of the lower parts, including the lower tail-coverts and win cr- 

 iming, a rich, though not deep, chesnut. The mantle steel blue ; 

 wings and tail glossy green ; and the outer tail feathers project- 

 ing 2 '05 beyond the rest. 



