505 



$tofcs. 



In examining a small collection of birds belonging to my 

 friend Mr. J. C. Parker, I found amongst them a fine specimen 

 of Pratincola insignis, which he had obtained from near 

 Gondah in Oudh. The bird is so rare and its range, so far 

 as has yet been ascertained, so restricted that it is important to 

 note every occurrence. Except the single specimen obtained 

 by the Marshalls near Cawnpur, this species has hitherto only 

 been observed in the submontane tracts lying at the base 

 of the Himalayas between the 82nd and 90th degrees E. 

 Longitude. It was procured in the Bhutan Doars by 

 Mandelli ; near Segowli in the north of the Chumparun district 

 (Behar) by Hodgson ; in the north of the Gorakpur and Basti 

 districts by Cleveland ; and now in the north of the Gonda 

 district (Oudh.) 



Looking through a small collection of birds brought down 

 by my friend Mr. Inglis, unfortunately now leaving India 

 for some time, I have met with the following species, procured 

 in North-east Cachar, and not included in either of our lists 

 (Vol. V, 1 ; IX, 241) :— 



295. — Culicicapa ceylonensis, Sivs. Common. 

 468. — Iora tiphia, Lin. Excessively common. 

 530. — Orthotomus sutorius, Penn. Common. 

 590. — Motacilla leucopsis, Gould. Very common. 

 591 quat. — Motacilla ocularis, Swinh. A single specimen. 

 594. — Budytes calcaratus, Hodgs. Two specimens in nearly 



full breeding plumage. 

 597. — Anthus trivialis, Lin. A single specimen. 

 600. — Corydalla rufula, Vieill. Common, 

 605. — Anthus rosaceus, Hodgs. One specimen. 

 631. — Zosterops palpebrosa, Tern. 



699 bis. — Amadina subundulata, G. Aust. Excessively 

 common. 



There were thirty odd specimens in the collection of this 

 species, but not one of A. inglisi, Nobis ; it seems just possible, 

 as we never get any more of them now, that the types 

 of this latter species may be mere abnormal varieties, and 

 may not represent a really distinct species. 



These eleven species make the total number of species 

 obtained by Mr. Inglis in North-east Cachar up to 268. 

 Probably the real total does not fall short of 450 species. 



Mr. Blanford is if opinion that the variety of Trocha- 

 lopterum fairbanki, described by me S. F., VII., p. 37, is 



