316 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



In both Sylhet and Cachar I observed 855. — Lohivanellns 

 indicus, Bodd., but it appeared extremely scarce. I have no 

 record as yet of its occurrence in Assam, and in Manipur and 

 British Burmah it is replaced by the following species. 



Sbbbis. — Lobivanellus atronuchalis, Bly. 



On the 12th and 13th of May, at and about Hierok and 

 Chundrakong, at the bases of the Eastern hills, I saw and 

 shot this species for the first time in Manipur. Whether it 

 does not occur in the south and west of the basin, which 

 I had previously explored without ever meeting with it, or 

 whether it is a seasonal visitant arrived in the basin generally 

 since I had gone up into the Eastern hills, I cannot say. 



So far as we yet know this species does not occur in Assam, 

 Sylhet or Cachar. Throughout the plains portions of British 

 Burmah it is everywhere common, and it is occasionally found 

 in the hills also, though it does not ascend these to any great 

 elevation as a rule. Ramsay obtained it in Karenee. 



857.— Hoplopterus ventralis, Cuv. 



I first saw a few about the Logtak lake, and then I found 

 it very common on the stony banks of the Chakpee, just 

 above its junction with the Toyang or lower course of the 

 Imphal Turail. I noticed it nowhere else in Manipur. I 

 observed it both in Sylhet and Cachar, but it was very scarce 

 in both, and I have no knowledge as yet of its occurrence in 

 Assam. 



[I do not know how this species escaped the notice of 

 Godwin- Austen and his collectors, for it is fairly common in 

 the beds of the larger rivers. During the rainy season they 

 stick to the Brahmaputra, spreading up the " Dehing," 

 " Desang," and similar sized rivers in the cold weather. — 

 J. R. C] 



It occurs all over British Burmah, almost exclusively about the 

 banks of the larger rivers. Bamsay procured it in Karenee. 



858.— .ffisacus recurvirostris, Cuv. 



Some little distance below its junction with the Chakpee 

 the Toyang, here become a tolerably big river, encloses near 

 its right bank a shoal of water-worn boulders, which averaged 

 about one foot above water level when I visited the place. 

 On this shoal I found a single pair of the present species, 

 and this was the only time I met with it in Manipur. 



