^12 ASSAM, SYLHET AND GACIIAR. 179 



far as I know Blyth only gave the specific name trisiis to 

 two of the BrachypodidcB, vis., to the species above referred 

 to. and to the female of Microscelis melanoleucus which he 

 called Brachypodius tristis, and which certainly cannot occur 

 in the Khasi hills. It is true that Jerdon, B. of I., II, 86, 

 mentions " Ixus tristis, Blyth, from Arakan," but I cannot 

 trace this species. Blyth himself ignores it in his Birds of 

 Burmah, and Mr. Sharpe seems equally to have failed to find 

 it. It would be a boon to us if Major Godwin-Austen would 

 explain what species it was that he recorded from the Khasi 

 hills as Ixus tristis, Bly., in his third list, page 142. 



4526is. — Ixus flavescens, Bl^/. 



I only met with this species high up on the Eastern hills. 



It was common about Aimole, rather rare at Matchi, and 



only once seen anywhere near Tankool Hoondoong. 



Length. Expanse. Tail, Wi/iff. Ihrsus. Bill from gape. Weight. 



$ ... 84 10-5 4-0 3-1 0-8.S 69 1-13 oz. 



„ ... 8-2 1075 .3-.75 30 0-87 0-7 105 „ 



Legs and feet deep prune brown, almost black ; bill black ; 

 irides brown. 



This species must be very abundant about Shillong from 

 the very large number of specimens I have thence received. 

 Godwin-Austen records it from Asalu, and this is all I yet 

 know of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



This species occurs in Arakan and in Northern and Central 

 Tenasserim. Whether it also occurs in Pegu I do not know. 

 Gates, I see, does not include it in his list. 



452c^ec. — lole viridescens, Bly. 



This species appeared rather common in the Jhiri level, 



just inside the Manipur boundary in the first days of February, 



but I never saw it anywhere else in that state, and if it does 



occur there elsewhere it must be rare. 



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



$ ... 7-1 10-1 305 8 2 0-67 ' 0-9 86 oz. 



$ ... 6-9 9-93 30 305 0-66 08 08 „ 



Tarsi pale fleshy brown, darker and browner on feet ; 

 claws darker still ; upper mandible darkish brown ; lower 

 pale brownish fleshy, bluish about gape ; irides greyish 

 pink. 



I have this species from N.-E, Cachar, and Godwin-Austen 

 records it from Lakhipur in Cachar, but beyond this I have no 

 knowledge of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet and Cachar. 



