962 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVII. 



Family M0TACILLILM3. 



826. Motacilla alba. — The White Wagtail. 



All Wagtails are winter visitors. They swarm on the Shillong plateau 

 throughout the cold-weather months, forming nine-tenths of the bird popula- 

 tion of the place at that time. 



827. Motacilla lbucopsis. — The White-faced Wagtail. 



828. Motacilla ocularis. — The Streak-eyed Wagtail. 



I think this is the most common of all the Wagtails, the conspicuous eye- 

 streak being visible in a large proportion of the birds seen. 

 830. Motacilla hodgsoni. — Hodgson's Pied Wagtail. 

 832. Motacilla melanope .— The Gray Wagtail. 

 834. Motacilla flava. — The Blue-headed Wagtail. 



837. Motacilla citreola. — The Yellow-headed Wagtail. 



Both this and the next are rather rare, and seem to pass through without 

 making a stay in the Hills. 



838. Motacilla citreoloides. — Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail. 

 841. Anthds maculatus. — The Indian Tree-Pipit. 



Fairly common, but not resident. 



845. Anthus richardi. — Richard's Pipit. 

 Rare. 



846. Anthus striolatus. — Blyth's Pipit. 



Common. I have seen six or seven nests of this bird taken here. 



847. Anthus rufdlus. — The Indian Pipit. 



Very common and resident even on the highest peaks. 



850. Anthds rosacees. — Hodgson's Pipit. 

 Almost as common as the last, but not resident. 

 Family ALAUDID^E. 

 861. Alauda gulgula. — The Indian Sky-Lark. 

 A very rare resident. I remember hearing the song of these birds in 1886 

 right up on a plateau near Shillong known as the Peak, about 6,000 feet eleva- 

 tion. 



870. Mirafra assamica. — The Bengal Bush-Lark. 

 Common near the plains. 



Family NECTARINIIM3. 

 Subfamily NECTARiNHNiE. 

 882. 2Ethopyga seherite. — The Himalayan Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 

 These beautiful little birds, generally known as Humming birds, are resident, 

 but only breed on the higher ranges, descending to the plains in winter. 



887. 2Ethopyga ignicauda. — The Fire-tailed Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 

 This Sun-bird and the two next are very plentiful in the cold weather 

 but less so in the breeding season, when many locally migrate to the higher 

 ranges of the adjoining hills. 



888 2Ethopyga gouldi/E. — Mrs. Gould's Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 



