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BIRDS COLLECTED DURING FIVE YEARS' RESIDENCE 



IN THE HYLAKANDY DISTRICT, CACHAR. 



Part IV. 



By 0. M. Inglis. 



(Continued from page 87 of this Vol.) 



Order Eurylcemi. 



Family Eurylcemidce. 



Genus Psarisomus Blanf ; No. 944. 



Flume, No. 138. Psarisomus dalhousize (Jaur.). — The 



Long-tailed Broad Bill. 



126. This is a very rare bird here. For three years I did not get a 

 single specimen, then two were shot on some bamboos close to my 

 bungalow. 



Genus Serilophus Blanf; No. 943. 



Hume, No. 139. Serilophus rubripyguis, Hodgson's Broad Bill. 



127. This species is fairly common. It frequents the jungle. I found 

 a nest of this bird on the 2nd September. The nest was hanging from 

 the end of the branch of a sapling near a stream ; it was about 4| feet 

 from the level of the water, and was composed of moss and fibres. It 

 was lined with dry bamboo leaves and fibres. Length of nest 12", 

 breadth 5" and egg cavity 4^" deep. The mouth of nest opened from 

 the side and measured 3"x2;j". It contained four highly incubated 

 eggs, which were of a white ground spotted with dark red at the thick 

 end, the number of spots diminishing towards the narrow end. The 

 eggs are elongated ovals, and measure on an average |"xf". 



Order Scansores. 

 Family Picidce. 

 Sub-Family Picince. 

 Genus Gecinus Blanf ; No. 950. 

 Hume, No. 172. Gecinus occipitalis (Vigors).— The Black- 

 naped Green Woodpecker. 



128. This is a fairly common Woodpecker here. I have found it in m^ST 



the open on solitary trees as well as in thin iunele. Kat-tokra or 



' J 5 Kat-Ehoda, 



Native 



