108 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUE, 



Burmese type {vide S. F., VI, 227 et seq.) Two males 



measured : — 



Length. Uxpanxe. Tail. Wing. Tarsus. Bill from gape. Weight. 

 $ ... 5-95 8-75 2-25 2 7 O"? 0'64 049 oz. 



$ ... 60 8-6 24 2-7 0-61 0-65 045 „ 



The legs and feet in the first were pale greyish brown 

 with a faint purplish tinge ; in the second dull purplish 

 brown. In both the bills were black and the irides deep brown. 



I have never received this species from any part of Assam, 

 Sylhet or Cachar, but Godwin- Ansten records it from the 

 Khasi hills. 



This species occurs in all the provinces of British Burmah, 

 but the Tenasserim birds form a recognizably distinct race 

 (vide VI, loc. cit. stip,) 



304&IS.— Cyornis poliogenys, Brooks, (vide S. F., 

 VIII, 469 ; IX, 96, 295.) 



I only met with this species in the Western hills, from the 



Jhiri to the western slopes of the Limatol range. Within this 



area they are tolerably common, but from their skulking habits, 



always dodging about in low brushwood under forests, their 



dingy colours and the dim light of the leafy sanctuaries they 



affect, it is not easy to shoot them. Correct measurements 



taken in the flesh, together with the colours of the soft parts in 



life, have never been given. In three specimens (unfortunately 



I had no time to measure more) these were as follow : — 



Length. Expanse. Tail, 

 i .... 6-3 9-3 24 



$ ... 61 91 23 



$ ... 59 9-0 2-2 



The legs and feet in the first were pale greyish pink ; in 

 the second, very pale silvery fleshy ; and in the third, pale 

 silvery purplish. In all the bill was black, the irides brown, and 

 the edges of eyelids yellowish. 



The males are a trifle larger and their cheeks and ear- 

 eoverts a shade greyer, but otherwise the two sexes do not differ, 



I have this species from N.-E. Cachar, Shillong, and Joon- 

 kotollee in the Dibrugarh district, but there is no other 

 record as yet of its occurrence in Assam, Cachar or Sylhet. 



[I got two specimens in 1880 in Dibrugarh : — 

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

 $ ... 5-80 8-0 2-30 286 0-70 0-75 050 oz. 



? ... 5-95 8*50 245 2-90 G'TO 0-68 060 „ 



Bill black ; legs and feet livid purple ; irides brown. This 

 species might be common, but from their skulking habits. 



