30 A FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS 



use the long tail feathers for ornamenting their head dresses. 

 —J. I." 



Three specimens sent, all belong to the same race as the 

 Nepal birds with enormous long crests and neck hackles. 

 These are typical examples of the race that Hodgson sepa- 

 rated as malabaroides. 



287.— Artamus fuscus, Fieill. 



u The Ashy Swallow Shrikes are often seen in flocks through- 

 out the year. I have not seen their nests. — J. I." 



290.— Myiagra azurea, Bodd. 



" This little Fly-catcher is very rare. — J. I." 



343.— Myiophoneus Temminckii, Vig. 



" The Yellow-billed Whistling Thrush arrives about the 

 middle of October aad departs during March ; it frequents 

 quiet shady ravines, and the rocky banks of rivers. Not un- 

 common. — J. I." 



The specimens sent are less spotted on the wing with white 

 than Himalayan examples are. They thus in this respect 

 approach M. Eugenei of Upper Burma, but the bills are as in 

 the Himalayan birds. 



351 bis.— Cyanocincla solitaria, Mull. 



" This Rock Thrush only visits us during the cold months, 

 when it is very common. — J. I." 



A single specimen sent has three or four feathers amongst the 

 under tail-coverts of the chestnut color that characterizes 

 this species. (See further S. F. Vol. III., 112.) 



355.— Geocichla citrina, Lath. 

 361. — Merula boulboul, Lath. 



" The Grey-winged Black-bird is rather rare. It is only met 

 with during the cold weather. — J. 1." 



365— Planesticus atrogularis, Tem. 



"Very rare; seen only about December and January.— J. I." 



373.— Paradoxornis flavirostris, Gould. 



" I came across two of these birds in thick reeds ; I secured 

 them both. 1 got them in the month of March. — J. I." 



Precisely similar to specimens from Debroogurh and the 

 Bootan Doars and Svlhet. See also as to the reed-haunting habits 

 of these birds, S. F. Vol. II., p. 457. 



