6 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



tinus, but I have no other record of its occurrence anywhere 

 in British Burma. 



It is a remarkable fact that I never met with any Hierax 

 or, as Mr. Sharpe prefers, Microhierax, in Manipur. 



20. — H. eutolmus, Hodgs., occurs in the Garo hills. It has also 

 been found in Arakan, Northern Pegu, and the northern and 

 central portions of Tenasserim. Further south it is replaced 

 by H. fringillarius, and might well occur in Manipur 



20bis. — H. Tnelanoleucus, Bly., is recorded by Godwin- Austen 

 from Lukhipur in Cachar, only a few miles from the western 

 boundary of Manipur,^ and from the Dafla hills, and I have 

 received numerous specimens from Khowang and Joonkotollee 

 in the Dibrugarh district, and this too must probably occur 

 in Manipur, though I certainly never saw any Hierax there. 



Their flight, with which I am familiar, is very characteristic, 

 a good deal resembling that of Artamus, but still recog- 

 nisably distinct at a considerable distance, and had they not 

 been very scarce, I must have at any rate have seen, even if 

 I had not succeeded in shooting one. 



[Pretty common in the Dibrugarh district. A flock of eight 

 individuals took up their quarters in the Khowang garden in 

 a small clump of middling-sized trees that stood in the 

 centre of a large sheet of tea. During the day they used to be 

 roosting about, but in the evenings and early mornings were 

 busily engaged stooping at bats, gadflies, and butterflies, 

 and even small birds. The call is peculiarly falcon- like, 

 and although the flight resembles that of Artamus the 

 sharp outline of their flight feathers readily distinguishes 

 them at a distance. They are permanent residents, as in 

 September I saw one of this party with a butterfly in its 

 beak enter a hole in a branch of one of these trees, where 

 no doubt it had young. The nest hole was on the under- 

 side of a dead branch that grew out diagonally from the 

 main stem, and about 30 feet off the ground, which was 

 strewed with their dung and the remains of insects and small 

 birds. As the branch looked very rotten I could not persuade 

 even a ISTaga to go up. All these eight birds were shot and 

 another pair took possession of these trees, and were there 

 undisturbed as long as I was in the garden. My successor 

 informed that they disappeared suddenly some weeks after he 

 took charge. — J. E.. C.] 



This species is not kno\vn to extend to any part of British 

 Burmah. 



Once in the Western hills, I saw, but too far off to permit 

 of my including it, what I felt sure was an old female Goshawk. 



21. — Astur falumbarius, Lin.— This may seem improbable, 



