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pmk ; upper mandible rather pale brown ; lower mandible, 

 gape, and edges of the upper mandible, pale horny fleshy ; 

 irides pale brown. 



I have this from N.-E. Cachar and from Shillong, 

 and Godwin- Austen records this from the Hengdon peak, 

 at the head of the Jhiri river at 5,000 feet, and from Harjuli, 

 is ,000 feet up on the road to the Tomputu peak in the Dafla hills. 

 Beyond this I know nothing certain of its distribution in Assam, 

 Sylhet and Cachar, It is common in the Arakan hills as 

 also in the Pegu hills, and is sparingly distributed throughout 

 the evergreen forests of Tenasserim. 



631.— Zosterops palpebrosa, Tern, 



This species was common in the basin of Manipur, and was 

 very often seen flitting restlessly about the bamboos and small 

 trees in the enclosure hedges of the capital. I never saw it 

 anywhere in the hills. 



I have this from N.-E. Cachar, Sadiya and many other 

 localities in the Dibrugarh district, and Godwin-Austen 

 records it from the Khasi hills (I suppose from low valleys or 

 plateaux, for it is nowhere a high hill bird), and this is all 

 I yet know of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or 

 Cachar. 



[Common in Dibrugarh, frequenting scrub jungle and 

 tea gardens. When the bushes in the latter are flowering, 

 these birds are very abundant. On the 18th May 1881 I 

 found a nest, about 30 inches off the ground, in a tea bush, 

 on the edge of the forest, with three fresh eggs. It was cup- 

 shaped and suspended from three twigs, composed of fine moss, 

 cobwebs, and grass fibres, and lined with silk-cotton {Bomhax) 

 and fine grasses. The egg cavity was I'^'GO deep, and V'6Q 

 diameter. The female was shot as she flew off the nest. — 

 J. R. C] 



It occurs sparingly in Arakan, Northern and South-eastern 

 Pegu, and the extreme north of Tenasserim, but nowhere else 

 in Burmah so far as I know. 



Godwin-Austen tells us that 632. — Sylviparus modestuSj 

 Burt, was common in small parties in April on the high parts 

 of the Eastern Burrail range under the peaks of Japvo and 

 Khunho. 1 never met with this in Manipur, nor have I any 

 other information as to its occurrence in Assam, Sylhet, Cachar 

 or British Burraah. 



