330 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUR, 



I have received this species from Sylhet and N.-E. Cachar 

 and Godwin-Austen procured it at Shillong. This is all I cer- 

 tainly know of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar ; 

 it is generally distributed throughout British Burmah, and 

 in Pegu is common in all suitable localities. 



915.— Leptoptilus argalus, Lath. 



I never met with this species about the capital nor at the 

 Logtak lake, nor does it, according to the people, occur in 

 these parts except very exceptionally as a straggler. But I 

 got one and saw two others on the Toyang close to its junction 

 with the Chakpee, and marching from Koombee to Kokshin 

 Koonoo, I came upon a party of at least 40 perched on the tops 

 of a group of leafless trees {Bomhax, sp.) on the banks of 

 the Koga river. These were the only two occasions on which I 

 met with this species in Manipur, Strange to say, though it 

 must occur there, I have as yet no single record of its 

 occurrence anywhere in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



[Common in Dibrugarh during the cold weather, and I have 

 noticed solitary birds as late as the end of May. They seem to 

 prefer quiet but damp pathars well hemmed in with forest. 

 I have never seen them in large flocks as in Sylhet. — J. R C] 



Although this species occurs in every part of British Burmah 

 occasionally, it is only common, I believe, and then only as 

 a seasonal visitant, in parts of Arakan, Lower Pegu and 

 Central Tenasserim. 



[916. — Leptoptilus javanicus, Horsf. 



Just as common, in Dibrugarh, as the last species, and a per- 

 manent resident. How was it missed by Godwin-Austen ? During 

 the rains they are seen stalking about almost every lonely 

 pathar. The Assamese call them " Tokla-Moora " or bald head, 

 a soubriquet by which a popular planter, " who had no hair on 

 the top of his head," was commonly known. — J. R C] 



917. — Xenorhynchus asiaticus, Lath. 



Except at the Logtak lake, where I saw several pairs, this 

 was very scarce in Manipur, and according to my notes I only 

 saw it on three other occasions, once near Booree Bazar, once 

 near Sagam, and once near Hierok. 



In Assam Col. Graham informed me that this occurred in 

 the Dibrugarh district, and Godwin-Austen recorded it from 

 Bishnath and other places in the Darrang district, but this is all 

 I yet know of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



