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I have this from Moufloring and Shillong in the Khasi hiUs, 

 and Godwin- Austen obtained it in the Dafla hills, but there is 

 as yet no other record of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet _ or 

 Cachar, neither does it, so far as I know, occur in British 

 Burmah, but in Karenee and the higher Tenasserim, hills is 

 replaced by M. rccTnsayi, Waldeu, 



197.— Xantholaema hsemacephala, P. L. S. Mull 



I shot a solitary specimen of this species on the banks of 

 the Jhiri on the Manipur side, and never again saw it till after 

 I had recrossed the Jhiri on my return journey. 



Its distressingly monotonous spring call " too, too, too," ad 

 infinitmn, cannot be overlooked, and I never once heard this 

 in Manipur, so if it does occur it must be very rare, I have 

 it from N.-E. Cachar, and Godwin- Austen obtained it at 

 Chatak at the extreme north of Sylhet. I also shot it near 

 Karrimganj in this latter district and at Lakhipur in Cachar, 

 and heard it in Silchar itself, but I have no record of its 

 occurrence as yet in Assam hills or valley. On the other hand 

 it is common throughout all British Burmah wherever there 

 is thin forest or open country with clumps of trees. 



198^er.— Megalsema cyanotis, Ely. 



I got this both in the Eastern and Western hills, but it was 

 far from common. I found it in thick evergreen forests at from 

 three to fom* thousand feet elevation. I never saw or heard it 

 in the valley, and its cry is peculiar, a somewhat harsh metallic 

 double note, quite distinct from that of any other of the 

 Barbets with which I am familiar. 



I have received this species from various localities in the 

 Dibrugarh* district right up to Sadiya, N.-E. Cachar and the 

 Khasi hills, but have no other record of its occurrence in 

 Assa m , Sylhet or Cachar. 



It appears to occur throughout British Burmah wherever 

 there are hills and evergreen forest in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood. 



199.^Cuculus canorus, Lin. 



I heard this species occasionally in the Western hills 

 and twice in the valley, but it was not until I entered the 

 Eastern hills that it was at all common or that I shot it. 



I shot two males, both adults, and very fine birds, with the 

 wings 8 '6 and 8-9. 



* [Megalama cyanotis is far from rare in the Dibrugarh district, keeping more 

 to the wooded paria of the country than M. asiatica, — J, ii. C] 



