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on Senchal above Darjeeling and Mooltan, so there is no 

 mistake as to this being the bird. I have also one from Sindh 

 killed by Butler, and a Chinese specimen labelled A. japonicus 

 by Svvinh, All these specimens, as well as the bird I shot in 

 Manipur, are males. 



Now, though these birds are very close to the American 

 ludovicianus, I am by no means sure that they are identical. I 

 have a pair from Pennsylvania, one from Seal Island, Harbour 

 Coast of Labrador, and one from the Kurile Islands, and I 

 observe first that our males are only about the size of the 

 American females, and the American male is considerably 

 larger. Second, all four specimens exhibit a buffy tinge on 

 the lower surface, of which there is no trace in any of our 

 birds. I have, however, too few specimens of either to come 

 to any positive conclusion, and be the correct name what it 

 may, there is no doubt as to the bird which is a very well 

 marked form. There is no record of the occurrence of this 

 species as yet in Assam, Sylhet, Cachar or British Burmah. 



608.— Cochoa viridis, Hodgs. 



This species was commoner in the forests of the Eastern 

 Manipur hills, at elevations of 3,500 to 5,500 feet, in April and 

 May, than anywhere else that I have ever met with it. I did 

 not see it in the Western hills. 



I found it sometimes in pairs, sometimes in small flocks, 

 often feeding on the ground, at times high up on forest trees. 

 At Aimole (the first place at which I met it) in thick forest 

 two largish birds flew out of a tree high overhead ; for the 

 moment they were hidden, and when they came in view they 

 were out of shot, and from their flight and harsh note I 

 thought they were large black Woodpeckers. One of the 

 Nagas outside marked them into a tree. I made my way 

 there, crept up under the tree alone, and after peering about 

 some time caught sight of one in a huge tree, next the one 

 they were supposed to be in, sitting dove-like on a small 

 branch just where it joined the trunk, not much (if at all) less 

 than 60 yards from the ground. 



I fired with No. 3 shot, and it dropped dead and turned out 

 to be G. vii'idis ; the other bustled out on the opposite side of 

 the tree when I fired at the first, and I was unable to get a 

 shot. Again below Matchi I came upon a flock of six 

 feeding on the ground, at least they flew up from the ground, 

 where this was covered with a small jungle fruit, similar to 

 what I found in their stomachs. They scattered into some 

 bushes through which they made their way up into the 



