THE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR. 



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Mi\ H. A. Hole found it breeding at the foot of the North Cachar 

 Hills near Jellalpur. 



(463) Capkimulgus mackurus. — The Malay Night-jar. 

 Hume, No. 110 I Cat., B. Museum, Vol. XVI, p. 539. 

 I have seen two or three specimens of this Night-jar, but it is, I 

 fancy, a rare form. 



(464) Capeimulgus asiaticus. — The Common Indian Night-jar. 



Hume, iVo. 112 ; Cat., B. Museum, Vol. XVI, p. 558. 

 I have but two birds of this species, both shot ^whilst hawking over 

 the Diyung River at an altitude of some six hundred feet. 



(465) Ltncornis cerviniceps.— The Burmese Eared Night- jar. 

 Hume, No. 114, Bis ; Cat., B. Museum, Vol. XVI., p. 604. 

 This lovely Night-jar does not appear very rare to the extreme 

 south of the district, but is extremely so in North Cachar, and 

 all but three of the specimens in my collection were obtained by 

 Mr. Charles Inglis, of Hailahandy. I have seen it a few times in 

 the Mahor Valley and once at Haflang, over 2,000 feet high. It 

 extends into Assam. 



Family Coraciidcs. 



(466) CoEAcius AFFiNis. — The Burmese Roller. 



Hume, No. 124. 



Common everywhere. Its nidification is in every respect like that 



of C. indica. 



(467) BuRYSTOMus ORiENTALis. — The Broad-billed Roller. 



Hume, No. 126. 



Not a rare bird, still not a common one, and so exceedingly cute that 



it is with the utmost difficulty that one ever gets a shot at it. 



The bird seems to have one stereotyped position, for its nest as 



regards North Cachar, nearly all those I have seen having been placed 



in holes in Bomhax trees at very great heights from the ground. 



These holes, too, are nearly always in abnormally swollen pieces of 



bough, which swellings are caused by some disease which also renders 



them hollow. By selecting such places the bird obtains sites far 



higher and safer than it could anyhow else. 



It has been with the greatest difficulty that I have succeeded in 



having three nests got at, and the eggs I possess measure l*57"x i"15"; 



1-54"X 1-18"; r53"X 1-16"; and l-32"x 1-03". 



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