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pulled the Hornbill well within his reach, he then let go the 

 fish and seized the bird by the wing and would have killed it, 

 I have no doubt, had we not interfered* 



" Since then, I have found the bones of fish in the stomachs 

 of several Hornbills that I have shot. 



"This predilection for fish accounts for the habit these 

 Hornbills have of frequenting- ' khalls ' through which small 

 streams run. 



" The Nagas affirm that when these Hornbills are intent on 

 fishing, they can be approached sufficiently closely to be killed 

 with a stick. — J. I." 



147 — Palaeornis magnirostris, Ball. 



" Very common. Breeds throughout the summer in the holes 

 of trees. — J. I." 



The specimens sent are not typical magniroitris, but they are 

 nearer to this than to either eupatria of Ceylon, or siva/etisis 

 of Northern India. The yellow of the throat is conspicuous, 

 the head entirely wants the glaucous blue tinge, and the 

 adult males are nearly 22 inches in length. Possibly these 

 birds should stand as P. nipalensis, Hodgs., but the j^ellow of 

 the throat seems too conspicuous and the size is large. 



148— Palseornis torquatus, Bodd. 



11 Very common throughout the year. — J. 1." 



149 bis. — Palseornis bengalensis, Gm. 



" I have only noticed this Paroquet during the cold weather 

 months; it is very noisy and a great pest to the sportsman. 

 —J. I." 



Precisely similar to specimens from Sikhim and Burma, 

 and has the pure green under wing coverts instead of the 

 glaucous bluish under wing coverts which characterise P. 

 purpureus, the species of Southern, Central, Western, and 

 the greater portion of Northern India. 



152. — Palaeornis melanorhynchus, WagUr. 



" The Red-breasted Paroquet is exceedingly common, in the 

 evenings they may be seen flying in hundreds to their roost- 

 ing places. — J. I/' 



In Blyth's Catalogue of the Birds of Burmah recently 

 edited (apparently by Mr Grote, assisted) by Lord Walden, 

 the Indian Parrots of this type are treated by Mr Blyth 

 as belonging to two species. Of the first, which Mr. Blyth 

 calls P. vibrisca, he remarks " an exceedingly common 

 species in the forests of British Burma." " Westward 



