566 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HlBTORY SOCIETY, Vol. X 



(476) Bhttidoceros tjndulatus. — The (Malayan) Wreathed HornbilL 



Hume^ No. 145 Bis. 



This bird extends from the plains to the summit of the highest hills, 

 but, unlike the other hombills, the lower one gets the more often one 

 meets with it. 



It is often captured by the natives of Cachar, and I have several 

 times seen it hawked round the station for sale^ its meat being supposed 

 to have very good medicinal properties. I once bought a pair alive 

 in most perfect condition, the female with a wing broken, for tw© 

 rupees eight annas, but I was busy at the time with other work and 

 could not take the birds home, so the seller decamped with the birds 

 and their price as well. 



My hombill's eggs have suffered rather badly during my absence in 

 England, and I have now only one perfect specimen left of this species ? 

 this measures 2'48"Xl'75"; the pair to it, which is much anaashed, is 

 approximately 2'43"X1'70''. 



Other eggs measure 2'5^"Xl-84" ; 2-36"xl-08" ; and 2-39"Xl'69"5 

 2-64"x 1'90" and 2-6I"x 1*88". I have taken their egg& in April, May 

 and June. 



Order Psittaci. 

 Family Psittacidce, 



(477) Pal^ornis indoburmanicus. — The Eastern Rose-band Paroquet, 



Hume J No. 147 Quat. 

 Exceedingly common in Cachar, less so in North Cachar, where, 

 however, flocks are met with up to about 2,500 feet. 



I have but three eggs of this species, and these measure l*31">cl'02"; 

 1-30"X1'01" and Po2"xl-04". They were taken on the 14th of March, 

 an unusually late date on which to find eggs, most being hatched and 

 the young birds well forward by this date. 



(478) Palzeornis torquata. — The Rose-ringed Paroquet. 



Hume, JSo. 148, 



A rather common bird, but more so in the plains than up above, 



(479) Pal^ornis cyanocephalus. — The Eastern Rose-headed Paroquet. 



Humej No. 149 Bis. 



This parrot is now named F. rosa, and the Western form takes the 



name of P. cyanocephalus — vide " Salvadori," Cat ., British Museum, 



Vol. XX, pp. 448-453. 



