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Vol. X.] BOMBAY. [No. 2. 



THE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR. 



Part V. 

 By E. C. Stuart Baker, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. 

 {With Plate E.) 

 (Continued from page 32,) 

 Family Dicacidae, 



(364) Dictum cruentum. — The Scarlet-backed Flower-pecker. 



Hume, No, 236 ; Oates, No. 912. 



Rather common throughout Cachar. I have not personally noticed 

 it very high up, but one of my collectors obtained it at Guilang, about 

 4,000 feet elevation. I have taken some half-dozen nests, and found 

 them to be like the one taken by Oates(" Nests and Eggs," Vol. II, 

 page 270). 



I have seen none like that described by Mr. Cripps, and my nests 

 have also averaged somewhat larger, probably about 3"25" X 2-75" or 

 a little less. 



My eggs average only •52" X *37". 



(365) Dictum chrysorrheum. — The Orange-bellied Flower- 

 pecker. ' 



Hume, No. 237 ; Oafes, No. 914. 



Perhaps more common than D. cruentatum, and certainly ascends 

 higher, for I have myself seen it at Guilang, Chota Ninglo, and other 

 places, over 4,000 feet. 



The lower mandible in the live bird is yellowish at the base, not 

 grey, as is shewn in the plate. The irides are orangOj orange-red, 



