18 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUB, 



of Assam,* this species is common, but it does not seem any- 

 where to go far into or ascend the hills to any height. 



It occurs in Arakan, throughout Pegu, and in the north- 

 western plains portions of Tenasserim, but does not seem to 

 extend to the central or southern portions of the latter 

 province. 



In Manipur I found that, during the spring, they fed chiefly 

 on mice. 



60 — Strix javanica, Gm. 



I never myself heard or saw this species in Manipur, but I 

 received a specimen killed in the western portion of Manipur, 

 lying between the Jhiri and Noongzai-ban, and it must there- 

 fore be included in our list. Elsewhere I do not think it 

 occurs in Manipur. Mr. Inglis sent it me from N.-E. Cachar, 

 but I appear to have no recent record of it from any other part 

 of Assam. 



[By no means rare in the Dibrugarh District, but as it has 

 such a low call it is seldom noticed. During the seven years I was 

 in Assam I shot over a dozen specimens, and heard numbers 

 besides. — J. R. C] 



In Pegu it is common in all suitable localities. In Tenas- 

 serim it is excessively rare, if, indeed, it does occur there, 

 which I have never been able to make sure. From Arakan 

 I have seen a single specimen, but if Blyth is correct it is 

 common there. 



61.— Strix Candida, Tick. 



I found several birds of this species in grass in the Kopum 

 Thull, well in the interior of the Western hills, and I heard 

 of it, but never saw it, in the Manipur basin itself. 



I have received it from near Shillong in the Khasi hills, 

 and Godwin- Austen obtained it near the Kopili river. It occurs, 

 I believe, throughout the valley of Assam, though I have never 

 received it thence. 



It has occurred in the northernmost portions of Pegu, but 

 does not, so far as we know, extend to Tenasserim, and I have 

 no record of it from Arakan. 



62— Phodilus badius, Horsf. 



Although I never met with this species, it certainly occurs in 

 the Manipur hills. In the Western hills I saw a whole wing, 

 and in the Eastern hills some of the Tankul-Hoondoongs 

 described it perfectly. . 



* And Cripps says : Gommoa and a permaiieut resident in the Dibrugarh 

 disirict. - 



