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The food consisted of ants. The testes of the bird shot on 

 the 11th April 1881 were considerably enlarged. The only 

 call I have heard them utter is a harsh chirr-r-r. I did not 

 observe any in the cold weather, and cannot make out how no 

 females were ever got. Every one of the above specimens was 

 sexed by me ; they principally affect forests. — J. E.. 0.] 



Godwin- Austen notes it from the Garo hills, but beyond this 

 I have no record of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



Blyth gives this from Arakan, and we have it from Nor- 

 thern and Central Tenasserim. I believe I have seen it from 

 the Pegu Yoma, but am not sure now, and Mr. Gates records a 

 specimen from Prome. 



I have 2116ts. — Ghrysococcyx xanthorhynchus, Hovst, from 

 N.-E. Cachar and Khowang in the Dibrugarh district. 



[I think they must be very rare in Dibrugarh. I give the 

 measurements of all I was able to meet with : — 



Bill from 



gape. Tarsus. Weight. 



068 0-82 0-75 g 



060 0-82 0-85 $ 



0-65 0-80 0-75 ? 



The male had the legs and feet brownish green, claws black, 

 mouth inside, nostrils, and base of both mandibles deep 

 orange ; the rest of the bill orange yellow, with the tip of the 

 upper mandible dusky. Irides maroon red, ej^^elids vermilion. 

 The young bird has the bill horny brown, with a patch of 



