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36. 2Egithaliscus manipurensis. — Hume's Red-headed Tit. 

 Common and very confiding, seems to go in flocks, as I saw nearly a dozen 

 together in my garden, hunting restlessly for insects in the pines. Disappears 

 from Shillong in the breeding season. 



41. Machlolophus spilonotus. — The Black-spotted Yellow Tit. 

 On the higher ranges only above 4,000 feet where it is very common. It 

 breeds very early about Shillong and I procured full fledged young ones early in 

 April. Here it always places its nest in holes in rocky bar ks, or in stone walls. 



Subfamily Paradoxornithin^e. 



51. Paradoxornis flavirostris. — The Yellow-billed Crow-Tit. 



Rare and very local, haunts reed-beds and ekra bordering streams, also bam- 

 boo jungle and occasionally long grass. 



52. Paradoxornis guttaticollis. — Austen's Crow-Tit. 



Bare ; replacing the previous bird at the higher levels. This form is far 

 less given to frequenting grass and bamboo jungle, and I have found it in thin 

 forest and bush jungle. It breeds principally in bamboo jungle. 

 56. Suthora poliotis. — The Ashy-breasted Crow-Tit. 



Obtained at Cherrapoonji. 



59. Suthora atrisupekciliaris.— The Black-browed Crow-Tit. 



I found this bird not uncommon on the higher reaches of the Kopili river. 

 All Crow-Tits go in fairly large flocks and are far more like the smaller 

 Grateropodidce than the Titmice in their habits, and will eventually be moved 

 to that family. 



60. Sc/eorhynchus bakeri. — Baker's Bed-headed Crow-Tit. 



Series of this bird obtained in North Cachar have been shown by Hartert 

 to be different to the western forms and have accordingly been named by him 

 as above. The two forms extend throughout North Cachar, Manipur, Khasia 

 and Naga Hills as far as the extreme east of Assam. 



61. Scorhynchus gularts.— The Hoary-headed Crow- Tit. 



Family CRATEROPODID^. 

 Subfamily Crateropodin^e. 



62. Dryonastes ruficollis.— The Bufous-necked Laughing-Thrush. 

 Very common, but chiefly so at low elevations. 



66. Dryonastes subccerulatus — The Shillong Laughing-Thrush. 

 Not common, one of the very few birds hitherto only obtained in the 

 Khasia Hills. It is curious to note that birds of this form which I procured 

 in North Cachar seemed more true coerulatus than subccerulatus. 



69. Garrulax leucolophus.— The Himalayan White-crested Laughing- 

 Thrush. 

 Common. 



72. Garrulax pectoralis — The Black-gorgeted Laughing-Thrush. 

 Bare, and seems to keep to the higher ranges, whereas the next bird descends 

 right into the plains. 



