280 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



stubbles, but rarely seen uutil flushed, and then rising 

 generally in threes and fours pretty nearly out of shot. Then 

 again in the Manipur basin it was pretty common, though 

 not nearly so much so as E. spodocephala, and not one-tenth 

 as numerous as E. aureola. We found it nowhere on the 

 hills, but everywhere in the basin it was to be met with 

 always in scattered parties of from four to ten haunting dry 

 half burnt grass, rice stubbles and the like. 



The following are details of those I measured, unfortunately 

 all males. 



„ ... 6-7 9-5 2-7 2 8 09 0-5 0-77 „ 



Legs and feet pale fleshy pink, brownish on joints and claws ; 

 upper mandible, and generally tip of lower, brown, usually 

 pale, never dark ; lower mandible and gape much paler, and 

 with a fleshy tinge or fleshy pink, or bluish horny pink or 

 pale fleshy whitish ; irides brown. 



The female only diflers in being browner and less grey 

 about the cap, back and sides of the neck ; in having the 

 rufous pectoral band almost (or quite, but these are younger 

 birds I think) obsolete, and I think (judging from skins) 

 rather smaller size. I have not myself as yet seen this from 

 any part of Assam, Sylhet or Cachar, though I doubt not 

 it will prove to occur in all, but Godwin- Austen procured it 

 at the head of the Barak valley in the Naga hills. 



[Fairly common and found in the same places* as 

 E. spodocephala. 



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

 $ ... 6-15 8-40 2 50 2-75 075 0-55 0'75 oz. 



„ ... 6-40 8-70 2 55 2-73 75 054 0*78 „ 



Irides brown ; legs and feet pale fleshy ; bill above dusky, 

 below fleshy.— J. R. C] 



In British Burmah I only know of its occurrence in the more 

 open portions of Northern and Central Tenasserim and 

 Pegu. 



720,— Emberiza pusilla, Pall. 



This too was first met with in Manipur in the Kopum 

 Thall, as already mentioned, in company with H. fucata. 



* I must say I think this a mistake, I have shot both spodocephala and fucata 

 in many places, but bave always fouud the former la wet, the latter in dry spots. 

 —A. 0. H. 



