-BIRDS OF THE KHASIA HILLS. 963 



890. iETHOPYGA saturata. — The Black-breasted Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 

 892. .ZEthopyga nepalensis. — The Nepal Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 

 The most rare of the Sun-birds. 



Subfamily ARACHNOTHERINyE. 



906. Arachnothera magna. — The Large Streaked Spider-hunter. 

 A very common bird. Frequents gardens in the station where there are 

 flowering shrubs. Found from the level of the plains up to the summit of the 

 highest peak. 



909. Arachnothera longirostris. — The Little Spider-hunter. 

 Not rare near Sylhet. This little spider-hunter does not ascend nearly so 

 high as the last and is rare over 2,000 feet. It is also much more shy and 

 retiring, and does not enter compounds of houses nearly so frequently. 



911. Chalcoparia phcenicotis. — The Ruby-Cheek. 

 Not rare near the plains. 



Family "DIG MID M. 



912. Dictum cruentattjm. — The Scarlet-backed Flower-pecker. 

 Rather common at the foot of the plains near Sylhet. 



914. Dictum chrysorrhceum. — The Yellow-vented Flower-pecker. 

 This bird is rather common in the orange groves about and below Cherra- 



poonji where the birds breed in the groves, attaching their nests to the orange 

 trees 



915. Dictum ignipectus. — The Fire-breasted Flower-pecker. 

 Rare. Was found breeding in the orange groves. about Cherrapoonji. 



917. Dicjeum olivaceum. — The Plain-coloured Flower-pecker. 

 Very common. Is found at all heights where there is forest. It is peculiar- 

 ly fond of haunting parasitic plants high up in big trees. During the breeding 

 season it frequents lower trees and scrub, building its nest, as a rule, six to ten 

 feet from the ground. 



Family YLTTIDM. 



927. Pitta nepalensis. — The Blue-naped Pitta. 

 Common. Pittas are resident. Some of the birds found here are almost 

 indistinguishable from P. oatesi, and some we obtained in Dibrugarh cannot be 

 separated. There are links from one extreme to the other to be obtained in 

 that district. 



935. Pitta cucullata. — The G-reen-breasted Pitta. 

 Common near the Kopili. 



Order PICI. 



Family PICID^. 



Subfamily Picin^;. 



950. G-ECINUS occipitalis. — The Black-naped Green Woodpecker, 



Very common. All Woodpeckers are conspicuous by their absence in the 



pine forests round Shillong, these trees being singularly free from insects of 



