Detailed List of Species 



OBSERVED IN 



M A N I P U R, 



Together with Notices of all other Species observed 



IN 



ASSAM, SYLHET AND CACHAR. 



5.— Pseudogyps bengalensis,* Gm. 



This species is common enough between the Jhiri river, the 

 western boundary of Manipur, to Noongzai-ban on the first or 

 westernmost range of the Western hills. Eastwards it is 

 very^ rare throughout the rest of the Western hills. In the 

 Manipur plateau or basin itself it is fairly common. In the 

 Eastern hills I only once or twice saw it, and practically 

 I suspect that the basin is hereabouts its easternmost limit. 



This species seems rare or unknown in the low-lying 

 parts^ of Sylhet, but becomes pretty common from near 

 Karrimganj, where the country rises, and is very common 

 thence along the river to Cachar, and thence to the Eastern 

 borders of the latter district. In the valley of Assam this 

 species occurs right up to Sadiya, though beyond Dibrugarh it 

 is markedly rarer. 



[Very common in the Dibrugarh district. They breed 

 on trees in this district, but from the difficulty of getting at 

 their nests, on account of the density of the undergrowth in 

 the forests and the high trees they generally choose to build 

 in, I never was able to secure any of their eggs. On several 

 occasions I have seen these birds, after having fed on a kill 

 poisoned by strychnine, themselves succumb to the effects of 

 the drug.— J. R. C.jf 



It has been sent from several localities in Arakan, and occurs 

 (though as a rule, except near crowded centres of population, 

 somewhat sparsely) almost throughout Pegu and Tenasserira. 



* Species whose names are, like Pseudogyps bengalensis, printed in large 

 black type in this list have been ascertained to occur in Manipur, while 

 species whose names are printed in italics, like Otogyps calciis (see next 'page) 

 have not been as yet ascertained to occur in Manipur, but do occur in Assam' 

 or Sylhet and Cachar, or in both. * 



t My friend Mr. Cripps has kindly looked through the proofs and has added 

 his own notes— as he collected for me during some five years in different 

 parts of Assam. His notes cannot fail to be useful. 



