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305.*— Eutolmaetus Bonellii, Tern. (33.) 



Mr. Levin, in a letter dated 7th January 1875, sends a des- 

 cription of a bird which he identifies, and I think correctly so, 

 as the Crestless Hawk-Eagle. The specimen was obtained, in 

 Palamow. 



Uromitis filifera, Steph. (84 ) 



Mr. Levin in the letter above quoted adds, " I was strolling 

 along the banks, or rather sands, of the Koel a few days before 

 Christinas, when I noticed a long flight of U. filifera. (I shot 

 one to make sure.) They were proceeding in small parties of 

 8 to 10 or 15 steadily to westward, and I am sure at least 200 

 must have passed during the short time I looked on. They 

 are by no means common here, and I never saw more than 

 6 or 8 at a time before. I got a nest last April in a cleft in a 

 rock on the Koel near here." 



Acanthylis sylvatica, Tichell. (95.) 



I am able to confirm the editorial foot note to my remarks 

 on this species, having during the past season found it locally 

 abundant on the southern frontier of Chota Nagpur and in 

 Sambalpur. 



Cypselus affinis, Gray. (100) 



The Common Indian Swift occurs, I find, more generally in 

 the division than my remarks might seem to imply. 



Merops philippensis, (118.) 



Mr. Levin has seen this bird in small parties on the banks 

 of the Koel in Palamow. 



Recently (in April) I met with a large number in the vicinity 

 of a river with high alluvial banks in the Sambalpur district, 

 where I have no doubt they were breeding. 



306. — Alcedo asiatica, Sw. vel Beavani, Wald. 



By a most culpable oversight I omitted, Avhen alluding to 

 this bird, to mention that a specimen of Alcedo obtained by 

 Captain Beavan in Manbhum and labelled A. bengalensis by 

 him had been shewn by Mr. Sharpe to belong to this species. 

 Subsequently t Viscount Walden identified it with his new 

 species A. (rtifigastra) Beavani, from the Andamans, and suo-o-est- 

 ed the possibility of its having really come from the Andamans. 

 By whatever name it is to be called the same species was shot 

 by me in the Rajmehal hills, and I therefore see no improbabi- 



* These numbers are carried forward from the original list. The numbers in brackets 

 are those of Jerdon's Manual. 

 t Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1873, p. 487, and Ibis, 3rd series, 1874, p. 136. 



