STRAY FEATHERS. 
Vol. IV.] DECEMBER 1876. _—[Nos. 4, 5, & 6. 
Alotes on some Birds collected in Sambalpur and Orissa. 
By V. Batt, M.A., F.G.8. 
Geological Survey of India. 
In the present paper I only purpose to enumerate species 
which are either not included in my account of the avi-fauna 
of Chota Nagpur,* or which, if included, are noted as being rare 
in that part of the country. 
Already in my paper of Addendat I have mentioned the 
occurrence of a few birds in Sambalpur which come under one 
or other of these heads. The species so indicated were re- 
spectively— 
1. Otus brachyotus, Gmel.; Bulacca ocellata, Less.; and 
Chetornis striatus, Jerd. 2 Acanthylis sylvatica, Tick.; Peri- 
crocotus erythropygius, Jerd.; Chibia hottentota, Linn.; Musci- 
capula superciliaris, Jerd. ; and Esacus recurvirostris, Cuv. 
To avoid confusion the birds from Sambalpur are kept distinct 
from those of Orissa; for, while the. two faunas have much 
in common, there are also many important differences. In 
Orissa, at least in those parts influenced by the sea-air, the 
vegetation is wholly different from that of the jungles of 
Sambalpur; and with the changein vegetation appear certain 
species of birds which do not occur in the more inland district ; 
moreover the long coast face of Orissa yields many marine 
species which never leave the immediate vicinity of the sea. 
SAMBALPUR. 
115.—Harpactes fasciatus, Gmel. 
For several years I have kept steadily in view the desirability 
of obtaining some confirmatory evidence of the occurrence of 
the Malabar Trogon in the jungles of the south-west frontier 
of Bengal and adjoining: portions of the Central Provinces. 
Tickell’s single specimen (a female) from Dampura in 
* S. F., Vol. IL., pp. 355—440. 
+S. F., Vol. IiL., pp. 288—294. 
