ASSAM, SYLHET AND CACHAK, 803 



BlOter. — Euplocamus horsfieldi, G. R, Gr. 



Though seldom seen this species is pretty common everywhere 

 in suitable localities, alike in hills and plains throughout 

 Manipur. I shot it in half a dozen places in the Western hills, 

 in which it is most abundant, in the Jhiri and Eerung rivers, 

 at Booree Bazar in Bishnoopoor, Sagam and many places in the 

 basin, and every part of the Eastern hills I visited — not on the 

 summits of the hills, but in valleys below these where there 

 were streams and forests. I had a specimen brought in from 

 the extreme south of Manipur, snared at the same place and 

 time as the Callophasis. And again another was brought in 

 from the north, on the road to Kohima. 



The following are particulars of some I measured : — 



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



i ... 25-5 29 10-8 . 925 3-45 1-37 2 lbs, 10 ozs. 



„ ... 25-0 30-0 100 8-9 3-4 1-4 2 „ 12 „ 



¥ ... 21-0 28-0 8-5 8-6 2 93 1-4 2 „ 5 „ 



,,...217 287 8-7 8 7 31 1-38 2 „ 12 „ 



These were the finest birds I shot. Other males weighed 

 21bs. 4ozs. ; 21bs. 6ozs. ; 21bs. 4ozs. ; 21bs. 1 oz. ; 21bs. 

 8ozs. ; other females, 21bs. 7ozs. ; 21bs. loz. ; 21bs. ; lib. 

 13ozs. ; lib. 15ozs. 



Legs and feet a delicate pale drab, with in some a faint 

 greenish, in some a pinkish, and in some a silvery tinge ; bill 

 pale horny green, more or less dusky about nares and on cere ; 

 irides orange, orange red, pale orange brown ; bare facial 

 skin crimson, rather paler in the female. 



This species occurs in suitable localities throughout Assam, 

 Sylhet and Cachar, alike in the hills up to 4,000 feet 

 elevation and in the plains. It also extends into parts 

 of Northern Arakan. Elsewhere in Arakan it is replaced 

 by E. cuvieri, and in Pegu and Northern and Central Tenas- 

 serim by E. lineatus, except at the extreme north of the latter, 

 where E. crawfurdi begins to make its appearance. 



[Very common in all the forests of Dibrugarh, and called 

 " Doreek " by the Assamese, who snare, by the aid of decoys, 

 numbers of them, especially in the breeding season. Those I 

 measured were : — 



Length. Expanse. Tail. Wing- Tarsvs. Bill from gape. Weight. 



