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I found this species all over Sylhet and Cachar, and have it 

 from various places in the Assam valley to beyond Sadiya, 

 also from Shillong ; and Godwin- Austen records it from the 

 Naga hills, and says that at Sopoomah it was extremely 

 numerous in January. He also includes it in his Dafla hill 

 list as abounding at the Naraynpur Camp. 



[Fairly common in Dibrugarh, where it is found in the 

 densest forest, as well as open cultivated country. They 

 generally go about in pairs, and breed during June and 

 July.— J. R. C] 



It seems generally diffused throughout British Burmah ; it 

 is common all over Pegu, but rarer in both the other provinces. 



All through Sylhet and Cachar to its eastern boundary 

 I met with 663. — Gorvus splendens, Vieill. It was common 

 about the few bazaars and about the station of Silchar itself, but 

 as a rule in both districts far less common than macror- 

 hynchus. But once I crossed the Jhiri into Manipiir I lost 

 sight of it, and as a fact the Manipur people, who call it the 

 " Myan Icwak, " or Cachar crow, assure me that it never enters 

 Manipur territory. Neither does it occur in the Naga hills. 

 In the Assam valley, though very scarce to what it is in India, 

 it occurs right up to Sadiya. 



[About the station of Dibrugarh, this species is common all 

 the year round ; and the same may be said to be the case 

 wherever there are large villages and several tea gardens 

 clustered together, but in the greater part of the country 

 they are only seen during the cold season, either in pairs or 

 small parties, leaving these haunts in April. — J, R. C] 



It did not formerly extend to any part of British Burmah, 

 but a few are said now to have domiciled themselves at 

 Kykphyo in Arakan. Elsewhere in Pegu and Tenasserim this 

 species is replaced by C. insolens, nobis. 



Another species that I have from Shillong is 669. — Garruhs 

 bispecularis, Vig. I did not secure this species in Manipur 

 (though I repeatedly saw about Aimole, &c., a Jay of this 

 type) nor, except in the Khasi hills, do I know of its having 

 been observed as yet anywhere in Assam, Sylhet, Cachar 

 or British Burmah, though in parts of Pegu and in the northern 

 and central portions of Tenasserim it is replaced by G. leucotis, 

 nobis. 



Again, another species that I failed to see in Manipur, though 

 one of my men professed (and I have no doubt he was correct) 



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