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think I have something new to tell. In one or two cases I have also 
given brief notes as to measurements and descriptions, The principal 
fact that will be noticed is the very large number of Burmese forms 
given, and how they and the Indian forms come together. Again, in a 
few cases, such as Hemipus obscurus and Crsticola cursitans, forms re- 
appear here with apparently an immense extent of country intervening 
between North Cachar and the place where they next appear. 
Sub-Clas PASSERIFORMES. 
Order PASSERS, 
Family CoRvIpAE. 
Sub-family Corvine. 
(1) Corvus macrornyncnus.—The Jungle Crow. 
Oates, No. 4; Hume, No. 660. 
Common everywhere. Breeds in these hills principally in the latter 
part of March and April. Wing averages here about 13:4", Bill 2-45". 
(2) CoRVUS SPLENDENS.—Indian House Crow. 
Oates, No. 7; Hume, No. 663. 
Only occurs in the hills as a very rare straggler, and that only very 
close to the plains. 
(3) Uroorssa occrprratis.—The Red-billed Blue Magpie. 
Oates, No. 12; Hume, No. 671. 
I have only met with one specimen of this bird—a female caught 
on the nest. This was obtained at Hungrum ata height of about 
5,200 feet. 
(4) CIssaA CHINENSIS.—The Green Magpie. 
Oates, No. 14 ; Hume, No. 673. 
Common from the plains up to about 4,000 feet. Often feeds on 
high trees, especially during the cold season. Is occasionally found in 
small parties, probably consisting of the parent birds and their last 
brood. It seems possible that this bird may sometimes have two 
broods in the year, for, though the majority of eggs are to be found in 
April and early May, I have found them again breeding in the end 
of July and August. In May, 1890, a nest containing three young 
