FURREEDPORE, EASTERN BENGAL. 271 



tail, 1*92; weight, 0'87 oz. Bill dusky horny ; legs plumbe- 

 ous brown ; irides greenish yellow. 



The only one I secured ; it was one of a pair that was hop- 

 ping about some babool trees in the factory garden and twit- 

 tering like a L. cristatus. I never saw any others. The genera- 

 tive organs were rather enlarged. 



?268.— Volvocivora sykesii, StHckl. 



22nd January 1878, Young bird ? — Length, 7*59 ; expanse, 

 11*25; wing, 3*75; tail from vent, 3*25 ; tarsus, 0'81 ; bill 

 from gape, 0'80; bill at front, 58 ; closed Avings fall short 

 of end of tail, 1*50. Irides brown- bill above horny, below 

 base yellow ; tip horny ; legs blackish. 



The only one I observed; I shot it off a date tree, of which 

 there were a number as well as several babool trees, on the 

 outskirts of a village. 



269.— Volvocivora melaschistus, Hodgs. 



22nd January, 1878 ?-Length, 9*0 ; expanse, 13-25 ; 

 wing, 4-50; tail from vent, 4-0; tarsus, 091; bill from 

 gape, 095 ; bill at front, 0-58 ; closed wings fall short 

 of end of tail, 2 "08. Irides dark brown. 



The only one I saw ; it had flown into a low bush, one of 

 many that were in a large cultivated plain. It dodged about 

 the bush for some seconds, but never uttered a sound even 

 when wounded and in hand. 



270.— *Graucalus macei, Less. 



On the 2nd March 1878 I came across one flying about a 

 plain interspersed with babool trees ; and, although it was chased 

 about, I could not get a shot. It was calling. I am not mis- 

 taken as to the bird, for when in Sylhet and Dacca I shot 

 numbers of this species and know it well. I never saw or heard 

 another, so it must be rare. It utters its loud whistling call 

 generally when on the wing. In the Western Dooars I have 

 seen them flying about the grassy plains, and when these 

 are burnt, the stems of the larger kinds of grasses remain half 

 charred, and these birds diligently search each, resting on 

 them, for insects ; when doing so they allow a person to 

 approach within gunshot. 



276.— Pericrocotus peregrinus, Lin. 



1st April 1878, Female. — Length, 6'0 ; expanse, 8'0 ; wiugs, 

 2-58; tail from vent, 2'92 ; tarsus, 0*58; bill from gape, 

 0* 56 ; bill at front, 0'31 ; closed wings fall short of end of 



