250 A SECOND LIST OF THE BIRDS 



346— Pitta cuculata, Earth 



" A friend procured one specimen of this Thrush close to 

 Silchar.— J. I." 



A specimen obtained in North Cachar. 



351. — Cyanocinclus cyanus, Lin. 



" This Thrush is not at all rare during the cold weather. 

 It is not, "however, so common as C. solitaria. — J. I." 



A specimen shot on the Barak river close to Dilkhushah, 

 10th January 1878, by Mr. Davison (who ascertained it by dis- 

 section to be a female,) is one of the few specimens of this sex 

 that I have yet met with, in the full blue plumage of the adult 

 male. 



386.— Pyctorhis longirostris, Eodgs. 



" This bird is rare.— J. I." 



A specimen from near Dilkhushah. 



387.— Trichastoma abbotti, Bly. 



"Extremely common in this neighbourhood. — J. I." 

 A specimen from near Dilkhushah, a female. 



391 — Stachyris nigriceps, Eodgs. 



" Tin's bird also is very common here. — J. 1." 

 A male, 25th July 1878, from Dilkhushah. 



395.— Mixornis rubricapillus, Tick. 



" Very common. — J. I." 



Two specimens from near Dilkhushah. 



396. — Timalia bengalensis, G.-Ausl. 



"Very common. — J. I." 



A pair, 15th January 1878, from near Dilkhushah, with less 

 difference in the size of the sexes than is usual. Male, wine, 245 • 

 female, wing, 2*65. The white of the face, chin, throat, breast 

 and forehead of the female purer than in the male, as is also the 

 red of the cap, which is a richer and purer chesnut -than in the 

 male ; otherwise the plumage is identical. 



399 .Us.— Pellorneum nipalensis, Hodgs. (P. mandellii, 

 Blanf.) 



"Very common. — J. I." 



A female, 1st July 1878, Dilkhushah. 



