262 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUE, 



684.— Acridotheres tristis, Lin. 



Very common about the valley, but never seen in the hills, 

 though it is elsewhere by no means confined to the plains, being 

 found in the Himalayas, for instance, up to over 7,000 feet. 



This species seems to be found throughout the less elevated 

 and more open portions of Assam, Sylhet and Cachar, as far 

 east as Sadiya, Tippook and Dollah. I have it also from 

 both the Garo and Khasi hills, but not from the Naga hills, 

 though it may occur there too for all I know. 



[Common in Dibrugarh. I noticed a fringe of tiny black 

 feathers on the eyelids of these birds. — J. R C.] 



It is generally distributed throughout the drier, more open 

 and inhabited portions of British Burmah. 



From N.-E. Cachar and many localities in the Dibrugarh 

 district, I have 686, — Acridotheres fuscus, Wagler, but I never 

 met with it in Manipur, nor have I any further certain 

 knowledge as to its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or 

 Cachar. 



[A forest-loving species and fairly common in Dibrugarh, 

 where they go about in pairs and small parties. They breed 

 in May and June, in holes in trees, at various heights from 

 the ground. — J. K. C] 



Throughout British Burmah it is very generally distributed, 

 though rare in the drier portions of Upper Pegu. In Southern 

 Pegu it is commoner than tristis, and universally its station is, 

 broadly speaking, a more humid one, and that of tristis a, 

 drier one. 



686«er. — Acridotheres albocinctus, G. Aust. <& 

 Wald. 



Seen only in the basin. Occur there in large numbers, 

 but are very locally distributed. They affect low-lying and 

 damp localities. Thus about the capital itself they are 

 scarcely ever seen ; getting to Booree Bazar, which lies very 

 low, they are common ; a little further on at Bishnoopoor, which 

 stands high and dry, they are unknown ; but directly one 

 leaves this and en route for Moirang, dips into the old lake 

 bed, and everywhere about the Logtak lake they are again 

 pretty common. 



In food and habits they scarcely differ from A. tristis. 

 You may meet them singly, in pairs, in small parties or 

 straggling flocks not less than 60 or 80 in number. You may 

 see them feeding on the ground, about the platforms of the 



