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are here plentiful which are found nowhere else in the Assam Hills 

 south of this river. Thus in North Cachar, which is nothing but 

 a continuation of the same hills as these, Mesia argentauris is 

 extremely common, and Liothrix lutea, only a straggler in the 

 Khasia Hills, exactly the reverse. Again we have Tribura breeding 

 plentifully in the Khasia Hills, but quite rare in North Cachar 

 Hills. 



Thus on the whole the latter hills are far more Indo-Burmese in their 

 avifauna, whereas the Khasia Hills are truly Himalayan. The list 

 which follows, is admittedly a rough one and will, I trust, be very 

 much enlarged before long. It is compiled from the collections made 

 by Hume, Godwin-Austen and others, and small collections made by 

 my men in 1886, 1887, 1889, 1894, 1895, 1896, and again in 1905, 



1906. 



Order PASSERES. 



Family CORVID^. 



Subfamily Corvine. 



4. Oorvus macrorhynchus. — The Jungle-Crow. 

 Common at Shillong and near villages. 



7. Corvds splendens. — The Indian House-Crow. 

 A straggler near the plains, but has not as yet ascended to Shillong or any 

 way up th6 hills. 



14. Cissa chinensis. — The Green Magpie. 

 Common in the south and again in the Jowai Sub-division. 



16. Denrocitta rufa. — The Indian Tree-pie. 

 Common below 2,000 feet. 



18. Dendrocitta himalayensis. — The Himalayan Tree-pie. 



Common above 2,000 feet, at which height both forms are found in about 

 equal numbers. 



19. Dendrocitta frontalis. — The Black-browed Tree-pie. 



A rare straggler only, although so common in the adjoining hills of North 

 Cachar. 



26. Garrulus bispecdlaris. — The Himalayan Jay. 

 Recorded from these Hills. I have received a single specimen with egg 

 from Lyetkensaw, 5,500 feet elevation. 



Subfamily Paring. 

 31. Pards atriceps. — The Indian Grey Tit. 

 Common. 



34. Parus monticola. — The Green-backed Tit. 

 Very common everywhere, entering gardens in great numbers during the cold 

 weather and haunting the pines. 



