TBE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR, 667 



This is the most numerous of the Paroquets in Cachar. 



(480) Pal^ornis schisticeps. — The Slaty-headed Paroquet. 



Hume, No. 150. 



The least often met with of all, and keeping, generally speaking, 

 much to the higher parts. 



The Laisung Valley, often mentioned before in these papers, is a 

 very favourite resort of these birds. 



(481) Pal^ornis fasciata.— The Red-breasted Paroquet. 



Hume, No. 152. 



Nearly as common as P. (^cyanocephalus) rosa. 



This bird is a very early breeder, often laying in the last few days 

 of January and sometimes even in the end of December. 



On the 12th of March I had a shot at a flight of these birds as they 

 flew over my head across a road, and, of the five birds which dropped, 

 four proved to be birds of the season, still, of course, in their first 

 plumage and with their tails short, but birds strong on the wing and 

 which had left the nest for some days. 



I know no other Indian Paroquet with such a deep, hoarse, trumpet- 

 like screech as this species has, and its call can be recognized from a 

 long way off". 



(482) LoRicuLUS vernalis.— The Indian Lory. 

 Hume, No. 153. 



A very common bird at all heights up to 4,000 feet, but principally 

 below 3,000 feet. 



They breed in February and March. 



