BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE HYLAKANDY DISTRICT. 85 



Hume, No. 231 ; Oates, No. 890. 

 iETHOPYGA. saturata (Hodgs.). — The Black-breasted 

 Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 



For four years I never came across a single specimen of this bird, 

 till I gave one of my men the order to look out for A. hasselti 

 1 explained to him that A. hasselti was a dark-coloured bird, but 

 forgot to tell him that it had no elongated tail feathers. After a few 

 days he brought me in a couple of specimens of jE. saturata thinking 

 they were A. hasselti ; which, he said, he had shot in some bamboo 

 jungle. Afterwards I kept continually getting specimens, but 

 unfortunately they were all males. I never managed to get even a 

 single female. 



Genus Arachnechihm (Cab., 1850). 



Hume, No. 233 bis ; Oates, No. 896. 



Arachnechthra hasselti (Temm.) 

 I only shot one specimen of this Sun-Bird in this district, at Roopa- 

 cherra. I got another one in the Happy Valley District which I have 

 kept. The first one is now in the collection of Mr. Hole. Both my 

 specimens were shot in March. The second one was killed by a boy 

 with a pellet-bow quite close to my bungalow. 



Sub-Family Arachnotherince. 

 Genus Arachnothera (Temm., 1826). 

 Hume, No. 223 ; Oates, No. 906. 



Arachnothera magna (Hodgs.).— The Larger-streaked 

 Spider-hunter. 



Some seasons I have found numbers of this bird, and others not a 

 single specimen. It can hardly be called a common species here. 

 It breeds, according to Mr. Baker, in the North Cachar Hills, prin- 

 cipally above 2,000 ft. 



Hume, No. 224 ; Oates, No. 909. 

 Arachnothera longirostris (Lath.).— The Little Spider-hunter. 

 This species is very common and may be generally found where 

 plantain trees (Musa) are in flower. I saw an egg of this soeeies 



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Native 



Name — 



Burra Kola- 



poochee. 



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Native 

 'Name — 

 Chota Kola- 

 poochee, 



