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bamboo and betel-nut (areca) palm belt that fringes the 

 Kuseara river for miles westward of Karimganj, and the whole 

 place resounded with their clear whistled " Y-U" or " Wye- 

 you" call. I noticed here by the way several feeding actually 

 on the ground in the tiny field patches on the slope of the 

 river's banks. 



From Northern Sylhet, too, I have received it, and from 

 many places in Dibrugarh, and Godwin-Austea records it 

 from the Khasi hills, whence I have not seen it. Beyond 

 this I know nothing certain as to its distribution in Assam. 



[This was the only species of Golden Oriole I met with in 

 Dibrugarh, although a strict watch was kept. They are common 

 all over the district, but I have never noticed them feeding on 

 the ground as stated above. — J. R. C] 



Throughout British Burmah, except in the extreme south of 

 Tenasserim, this species is widely diffused, and Ramsay obtained 

 it in Karenee. 



474.— Oriolus trailli, Vig- 



Generally diffused throughout the forests of the Western 

 and Eastern hills, from elevations of 3,000 to nearly 6,000 feet ; 

 never seen in the basin. They go about singly or in pairs, 

 in the tops of the trees and have a rather pleasant whistled 



call. 



A fine adult male measured : — Length, ll'O ; expanse, 178 ; 

 tail, 4-4; wing, 5-83; tarsus, 0-97; bill from gape, 1-4; 

 weight, 278ozs. 



Legs and feet pale leaden blue ; soles yellowish hoary ; bill 

 a delicate pale lavender ; irides pale orange.^ 



This, though a perfect adult in plumage, is not an old adult, 

 the breast and interscapulary region not having yet assumed 

 the intensely deep, almost blackish, crimson that characterizes 

 the very old birds. 



I have this species from Shillong peak. Godwin- Austen also 

 records it from the Khasi hills, and includes it in his Dafla hill 

 list, but beyond this I know nothing of its distribution in 

 Assam, Sylhet and Cachar. 



[Not very rare in Dibrugarh. I shot an adult male : — Length, 

 10-50; expanse, 1675; tail, 380; wing, 5'50 ; tarsus, I'O; bill from 

 gape, 1'42 ; weight, 310 ozs. Irides salmon yellow ; legs, 

 feet and base of claws plumbeous, rest of claws white ; bill 

 and eyelids bluish grey ; food berries. 



During my residence of seven years in Dibrugarh I saw 

 about a dozen others. They are very wary birds. — J. R. C] 



