250 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANtPUE, 



Godwin -Austen procured 620.~Minla cinerea, Ely., in the 

 Khasi hills, but this is all I know as yet of its distribution 

 within our present limits, and I failed to meet with it ia 

 Manipur. 



621. — ^Proparus chryseus, Hodgs. 



I only once met with this species near the very summit 

 of a high-wooded hill, some few miles from Tankool Hoon- 

 doong in the Eastern hills. It must be very scarce, for I 

 was always keenly on the qui vive for all these little Tits, and 

 the bird is very conspicuous and distinct, yet I certainly 

 never saw it but this once. 



Godwin- Austen obtained it both in the Dafla and Eastern 

 !N aga hills, but I know nothing else about its distribution in 

 Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. To British Burmah it is not known 

 to extend. 



Another species obtained by Godwin -Austen on Japvo 

 peak ©f the Burrail range at about 9,000 feet, is 622.— P/-o- 

 pa7'us vinipectus, Hodgs. I did not see this in Manipur, nor 

 do I believe it has been observed by any one else anywhere 

 in Assam, Sylhet, Cachar or British Burmah. 



622 ier.— Proparus mandellii, G.-Aust. 



I found this species very common at 5,000 feet and upwards 

 in the Eastern hills. In the Western hills I did not see it. 



They keep in small parties of three to six in number, and haunt 

 the low brushwood, balsams and other plants growing in the 

 deep shade of forests. They are active, nimble, restless little 

 beasts, always on the move, up this creeper, down that, seldom 

 offering a good shot, though by no means shy or difficult to 

 approach. 



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



$ ... 5-63 7-3 25 2'25 0-88 0-62 0-61 oz. 



,. ... 6-1 7-1 2-5 2-25 0-86 057 0-58 „ 



? ... 5-7 6-8 23 2-15 0-81 0'57 0-.58 „ 



Legs and feet pale brown (with sometimes a faint fleshy 

 tinge), more or less tinged with wax yellow ; bill black ; irides 

 reddish maroon. 



I have this from various places in the Khasi hills. Godwin- 

 Austen found it very common in the Naga hills, and includes 

 it in his Dafla hill list, and this is all 1 know as yet about 

 its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. It has not been 

 observed in British Burmah, but in the higher hill forests of 



