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all kinds ; oven fallen tree3, quite rotten in condition, have no beetles or larvsg 

 in them. 



951. G-ecinus chlorolophus. — The Small Himalayan Yellow-naped 

 Woodpecker. 

 Common. 



960. Hypopicus hyperythiuts. — The Rufous-bellied PiediWoodpecker. 

 Rare. 



967. Dendrocopus macii. — The Fulvous-breasted Pied Woodpecker. 

 Common. 



973. Iyngipicus semicoronatus. — The Darjeeling Pigmy Woodpecker. 

 I think this is the local form of pigmy Woodpecker, but canicapillus and 

 pygmmis are both likely to be found here as they are common in North 

 Cachar, 



983. Micropternus PH7EOCEP3. — The Northern Rufous Woodpecker. 

 Common, breeding in the large globular ant's nest, which form such con- 

 spicuous globes high up in many trees. 



992. Chrysocolaptesguttickistatus. — Tickell's Golden-backed Wood- 

 pecker. 

 Common. 



996, Hemilophus PULVERXJT,ENTUS.~-The Great Slaty Woodpecker. 

 Very common in the Jantia oak forests. Nearly always found in parties, 

 numbering from four to six, flying from one tree to another in a regular follow- 

 my-leader fashion. 



Subfamily Picumnin/e. 

 1001. Picumnus innominatus. — The Speckled Piculet. 

 Rare, frequents low forest and scrub jungle. 



1002. Sasta ochracea. — The Rufous Piculet. 

 Common, keeps almost entirely to bamboo or mixed bamboo and scrub 

 forest, breeding as a rule in dead bamboo. 



Order ZYGODACTYLI. 

 Family CAPITONID^. 

 1006. Megal/ema marshallorum.— The Great Himalayan Barbet. 

 Not rare. I have heard its loud wailing cry in Shillong but have never seen 

 it. Barbets, like Woodpeckers, can find nothing to attract them in the pine 

 forests which surround Shillong. 



1009. Thereiceryx lineatus. — The Lineated Barbet. 

 Common, wherever there are suitable tree forests. 



1012. Cyanops AsrATiCA. — The Blue-throated Barbet. • 

 Common, up to 5,000 feet. It will be interesting to see if my C. rubes' 

 cens replaces asiatica above 5,000 feet as it does in North Cachar. 

 1016. Cyanops cyanotic. — The Blue-eared Barbet. 

 Common, nearly to the level of the plains. I found this bird breeding here 

 early in February this year. 



