80 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPURi 



Tenasserim, nor do I know of its occurrence in Pegu, in the 

 northern and eastern portions of which, at any rate, it seems 

 to be replaced by A. aurata, Ely. 



224. — Arachnothera longirostra, Lath. 



Only observed in the Jhiri valley about half way up the 

 Noongzai-ban ridge. 



I have received this from Joonkotollee in the Dibrugarh 

 district* and from N.-E. Cachar, and Godwin- Austen records 

 it from the Hemeo peak of the North Cachar hills, but here 

 my record for Assam, Cachar and Sylhet ceases, though it 

 will doubtless prove widely distributed in suitable localities. 

 Of the distribution of this species in Pegu also I have no cer- 

 tain knowledge, though I have seen a specimen from the hills 

 a little west of Thayetmyo, and Oates procured another a 

 little north of Pegu, In the Arakan hills, and in Tenasserim 

 from the extreme north to the extreme south, it is rather 

 common. 



225. — .fflthopyga seherise, Tick. 



Very common in the Jhiri and Eerung valleys and generally 

 in the Western hills ; not uncommon either in the valley as at 

 Booreebazar, Bishnoopur, Soognoo, Kokshin Koolel, &c., though 

 I never saw it about the capital, but rare in the \ Eastern hills, 

 where I only once procured it, and that near Machi, though a 

 couple of thousand feet lower. 



Male.^luength., 6*0 ; expanse, 7'0 ; tail, 27 ; wing, 2'2 ; tarsus, 

 0*55 ; bill from gape, 08 ; weight, 0"3oz. 



Legs and feet dark brown ; upper mandible dark brown ; 

 lower mandible dark horny brownish yellow ; irides dark 

 brown. 



This species is pretty common in Northern Cachar and 

 Sylhet and in many parts of the Dibrugarh districtf ; we have 

 it from Gowhatty and from near Shillong. Godwia- Austen also 

 records it from the Khasi hills, but beyond this I know little of 

 its exact distribution in Assam, Sylhet and Cachar. 



I do not know of its occurrence in British Burmah, where 

 throughout Tenasserim and Eastern Pegu, at any rate, it is 

 replaced by JE. cava, nobis. One of the two species occurs in 



* \_Arachnothera longirostra is common both ia the forest and cultivated 

 tracts of the Dibrugarh district. — J. R. C] 



t \_JEthophyga seherice is very common in the Dibrugarh district and ia 

 mostly seen in forests. The measurements of 7 ^ are as follows : — Length, 

 5-30 to 5-70; expanse, 6-20 to 6-50; tail, 2-35 to 280; wing, 2M5 to 2-25; 

 tarsus, 53 to 56; bill from gape, 0-71 to 0-80; weight, 0-25 to 30. Iridea 

 brown, bill horny brown, with a livid tinge be'ow, legs and feet dusky purplish. 

 In May the generative organs begin to show signs of breeding. — J. R. C] 



