196 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



I have this from Northern aud North-Eastern Cachar, 

 Northern Sylhet, Shillong, Sadiya and several other places in 

 the Dibrugarh district. Godwin- Austen procured it in the 

 Barak valley near its sources in the Naga hills, and he 

 includes it in his Dafla hill list. 



[This is the common Kedstart of Dibrugarh. It is a cold- 

 weather visitant, frequenting open country, vicinity of vil- 

 lages and tea gardens, and the secondary jungle that grows 

 along the sides of the broader roads that run through forest. 

 They are only seen in pairs when about to migrate in March. 

 I have never heard them utter a note. — J. B,. C] 



In British Burmah I only so far know of its occurrence 

 near Thayetmyo. 



503.— Ruticilla frontalis, Vig. 



I never saw this in the Western hills or in the basin, but 

 at Aimole and other places in the Eastern hills it was not very 

 rare in the latter part of April. The following are details of 

 some I have measured : — 



Legs and feet black ; soles yellowish ; bill black ; gape yellow ; 

 irides deep brown ; eyelid-ring in the females (no note of this 

 in the males) white. 



I have this from Shillong, and Godwin- Austen records it 

 from North Cachar (I suppose from the hills), but this is all I 

 know of its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. It is not 

 known to extend to any part of British Burmah. 



505.— Rhyacornis fuliginosus, Vig, 



I found this in all the streams in the Western hills, in the 

 Barak, Eerung and Limata, in which latter it is excessively 

 common, and again in the Sengmai Turail, where and above 

 "where it divides the range between Aimole and Matchi. 

 The following are particulars of some I measured : — 

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

 $ 5-8 95 2-1 3-1 0-9 0-61 0-75 oz. 



"59 9-8 2-0 3-2 0-85 0-7 0-73 „ 



Q 5-2 90 1-9 2-8 0-85 0-63 0-62 „ 



j^ ... 55 9-3 1-7 2 85 0'83 065 0'65 „ 



Legs and feet and claws black to deep brown ; bill black 

 irides brown (sometimes reddish) to deep brown. 



