348 LIST OF BIRDS IN MANIPUE, 



of the Garo and Khasi hills, and in both Northern Sylhet 

 and Cachar near the bases of these, and in the North Cachar 

 hills. They do not extend so far south as any part of British 

 Burmah. 



[In the upper reaches of the Dehing river above Jaipur and 

 Makum, flocks of both adult and young birds were seen 

 by me. They never stray far away from the hills.— J. K C] 



974.— Podiceps cristatus, Lin. 



At Booree Bazar a Naga brought me in a living specimen of 

 this species that he had disabled with a goolel (!), or pellet bow, 

 in a neighbouring jheel. Again at the Logtak lake I saw 

 about half a dozen from first to last. I met with this species 

 nowhere else in Manipur. I have no record as yet of the occur- 

 rence of this Grebe in any part of Assam, Sylhet, Cachar or 

 British Burmah. 



975.— Podiceps minor, Gm. 



Very common all over Manipur, even in the broad ditch 

 surrounding the Palace premises in the centre of the capital. 

 I observed this in many places both in Sylhet and Cachar, 

 and had previously received it from both, but I have as 

 yet no certain knowledge of its occurrence in any part of 

 Assam. 



[Sparingly distributed in Dibrugarh in suitable localities^ — 

 J. R. C] 



The Little Grebe is common all over Arakan and Pegu, and 

 occurs in Tenasserim west of the Salween, but not, we believe, 

 elsewhere in that province. 



979.— Larus ichthysetus, Pall. 



The great Black-headed Gull was only seen at the Logtak 

 lake. About this were scattered some 20 adults and 

 young, but they were so wary that I only succeeded in se- 

 curing a pair. These were the true ichthycetus, not the smaller 

 innominatus. 



I have no record as yet of the occurrence of this species 

 anywhere in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



It occurs all along the Arakan and Pegu coasts, as far as 

 the mouth of the Sittang and inland for some distance up 

 this and the larger rivers of the Irrawaddy Delta ; it also occurs 

 about the mouth of the Salween, but I have not as yet 

 observed it on the Tenasserim coast south of Amherst. 



