282 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUB, 



The following measurements are of birds killed from October 



to April : — 



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



$ ... 6-50 6"30 2-25 2-60 0-65 0-47 0-50 o». 



^...6-10 7-7.5 2'50 2-65 0'65 0-44: 0-50,, 



? ... 6-25 850 2-50 2*70 0-75 £>-50 075 „ 



„ ... 5-55 7-o0 2-55 2-76 65 0'43 0-48 „ 



„ ... 5'60 7-70 2-25 2-60 65 0-43 45,, 



$ ... 5-75 8-20 2 45 2-67 70 043 048 „ 



Legs and feet dusky fleshy ; irides brown ; bill above 

 dusky, below base fleshy, rest bluish. — J. R, C] 



7226is.— Euspiza rutila, Pall. 



Near Phallee on the 10th April I came across a small 

 flock of these perched on some bamboos overhanging a piece 

 of unburnt rice stubble. I did not recognize them, and as 

 they rose I fired, and, though it was a very long shot, succeeded 

 in dropping one, a male. They flew right off, and I never 

 again saw any of this species. My bird measured : Length, 6'4 ; 

 expanse, 9*2 ; tail, 2-7 ; wing, 2'95 ; bill from gape, 0-5 ; 

 weight, 0"66oz. The legs and feet were pale fleshy pink, a 

 little brownish on front of tarsi and joints, and browner on 

 claws ; the upper mandible brown, not very dark ; the lower 

 and gape pale brownish fleshy ; irides brown. 



There is no record of the occurrence of this species in 

 Assam, Sylhet or Cachar, but I have seen a specimen long 

 ago from near Tezpoor. It occurs, but as a straggler only, I 

 believe, in both Upper and Lower Pegu and in Tenasserim north 

 of Moulmein. 



723.-— Euspiza aureola, Pall. 



This species is found everywhere about the Manipur basin, 

 often in parties of ten to twenty, but more commonly in flocks 

 of from fifty to two hundred birds. Often one sees a whole 

 flight perched upon the high stems of an acre or so of giant 

 grass, the delicate yellow of the lower surfaces, especially 

 of the males, showing out at a distance like flowers. All about 

 the capital they are common on all the hedgerows and on and 

 about the low earthen platforms in front of the palace, where 

 every evening the chief market is held, they swarm in hundreds 

 during the early part of the miming, and everywhere in the 

 Tillages, where similar markets on a smaller scale are held 

 twice or oftener in the week towards sunset, the market places 

 the next morning " after the fair " are sure to be crowded with 

 them. 



