216 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



fuliginosa plumage, vide VII, 2), and I had procured one or 

 two earlier in the basin. 

 Length. Expanse, 



$ ... 76 7-35 



„ ... 7-95 7-4 



? ... 6-5 60 



Legs and feet fleshy pink ; bill black in the males (May) ; 

 irides orange ; bill (in the female early in April and she not quite 

 mature as proved by the irides), blackish on upper mandible ; gape 

 and lower mandible pale fleshy ; irides bright golden brown. 



I did not happen to notice it in the Western hills, though it 

 doubtless occurs there. 



As to its distribution in Assam, Sylhet and Cachar, all I as 

 yet know is that it is very common in the Khasi hills and 

 about Shillong, whence I have a large series of specimens. 

 In British Burmah, again, I only know of its occurrence in 

 Northern Pegu in the immediate neighbourhood of Thayetmyo. 



5496is.— Suya khasiana, God.-Aust. 



I only found this high up in the Eastern hills, frequenting 



dense herbaceous undergrowth of Balsams and the like in 



forest. On the 11th of May I caught a female on her nest 



containing four slightly-incubated eggs. The nest was placed in 



a wild ginger plant, about two feet from the ground, in forest 



at the very summit of the Matchi hill. 



The following are particulars of a pair I measured: — 



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



g ...7-3 6-2 4-0 1-98 93 0-57 04 oz. 



? ... 7-1 6-1 3-9 1-87 0-85 055 0'41 ,, 



Male (6th May). — Lefrs and feet a red fleshy pink ; claws 

 pale brown ; upper mandible blackish brown ; lower, and gape, 

 fleshy pink ; irides pale orange yellow. 



Female ( 20th April). — Legs and feet delicate fleshy pink ; 

 claws brownish ; upper mandible dark brown ; lower mandible 

 and cutting edges of upper towards the point, pale fleshy 

 pink ; irides orange bufl". 



As 3'^et I have not seen this species from anywhere in Assam, 

 Sylhet or Cachar, except the Khasi hills in the higher portions of 

 which it is extremely common, and the Naga hills near Kohima, 

 whence poor Damant sent me a single speciman to identify. 

 It does not that we know extend to British Burmah. 

 For a discussion on this genus vide VII, 1, et seq. 



From the Khasi hills I have 552. — Neornis Havo-olivaceus , 

 Hodgs., but there is no other record of its occurrence in Assam , 



