ASSAM, SYLHET AND CACHAR. 101 



There was no great difference in the size of the two birds, 

 but in the male the internal lateral tail-feathers projected 

 nearly thirteen inches against about eight and a half in the 

 female. 



I have this species only from Joonkotollee in the Dibrugarh 

 district, but Godwin-Austen records it from tlie Garo Hills, and 

 in his Dafla hill list remarks that a good many were seen on 

 the Niosi ridge near the Tanir peak. Beyond this (though I 

 believe it to be widely distributed) I have no certain knowledge 

 of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar, 



[Pretty common in the dense forests in the Dibrugarh 

 district, where it frequents the tops of the highest trees, -which 

 they leave only to feed. Their rapid flight and the thick jungle 

 they frequent are the reasons of their seldom being tagged. 

 Three females that I shot measured as follows ; — 



Length. Expanse. Tail. Wing. Tarsus. Bill from gape. Weight, 



10"50 1.5-75 5-0 +10-60 5-42 0-80 115 2-10 ozg. 



* 10-55 15-50 5-15 + 8-90 5-40 075 1'20 20 „ 



10-30 15-75 4-90 + 10-10 5-45 0-80 1-16 IQO „ 



When on the wing they are very noisy birds. My specimens 

 were shot in the cold weather, and I cannot say if they are per- 

 manent residents. — J. R. C.] 



It appears to be distributed in suitable localities (it is 

 essentially a forest bird) throughout Arakan, Pegu and 

 Northern and Central Tenasserim. In the southernmost 

 division of Tenasserim we did not observe it. 



284.— Dissemurus grandis, Gould. 



I only shot, or indeed saw, a single specimen of this species, 

 and that was in the Jhiri valley. I never again saw it any- 

 where in Manipur, and if it occurs elsewhere, as might be ex- 

 pected, it must, I think, be rare. The bird I shot was not quite 

 as large as Himalayan ones, wing only 6-7, but it is decidedly 

 larger than paradiseus, apud nos, (VI, 222), and has a fine 

 crest almost as large as Himalayan ones. 



Little is known of the distribution of this species in Assam, 

 Sylhet or Cachar. I only have it from K-E. Cachar, but 

 Godwin-Austen includes it in his Dafla hill list and gives 

 paradiseus, by which however he means the present species, 

 from the Khasi hills. 



We have a single specimen from the extreme north of 

 Tenasserim, and another from the N. Arakan hills, referable 

 to our present species, but throughout British Burmah this is 

 replaced by paradiseus. 



