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fiamcefs, Less.) are particularly subject to attack. King crows {Dicrurus) also 

 suffer from their depredations in spite of their aggressive habits ; the ex- 

 posed positions of their nesting sites offer an easy inducement to pillage. 



Dejoo, 29-5- 10. A huge tree in an isolated corner of the garden on 

 whose branches a pair of jungle crows had their nest was blown down last 

 night. I saw these birds to-day busily occupied rebuilding their new 

 quarters some short distance away in the Forest. 



Silonibari, 20-4-11. I noted a jungle crow feeding on the berries of a 

 Seleng tree {Sapium baccatum ), possibly a non-paired bird ; another pair 

 were in company with some Green Pigeon ( Sphenocercus apicauda ) and a 

 small species (Treron nipalensis) on the same tree. 



2. Corvus splendens, Vieill. [7] — House Crow. 



Everywhere numerous and obtrusive in its habits. A close attendant 

 on the " bawarche " and his preserves, although not so troublesome as in 

 more populous districts. Very frequently bamboo clumps are selected as a 

 nesting site and light tree growth in a secluded part on the sandy "churs" 

 of the rivers at no great height from the ground is the home of a colony. 



Dejoo, 22-12-08. This morning I witnessed the unusual sight of a 

 band of crows mobbing a kite ( Milvus mela7iotis) which held one of their 

 deceased members in its talons. I followed them as far as my vision 

 allowed but failed to see its termination. From the noise and general 

 commotion the kite appeared to be in for a rough time as long as it re- 

 tained its quarry, though it is very improbable that it had met its death 

 through any action of the kite. 



3. Cissa ehinensis (Bodd.) [14]. — The Green Magpie. 

 " Telpili," Daphla. 



Plentiful in the dense evergreen forests at the base of the hills around 

 the valley. In North Lakhimpur its range extends over the watershed 

 into the Abor-Miri hills, where it was noted in the vicinity of the 

 " changs " in February. From November to February it appears to 

 desert its customary haunts and frequent the more open precincts of cul- 

 tivation, when it is by no means shy, but more often betraying its presence 

 by its loud piping call. The few records of its visits to Rungagora in the 

 plains were always at the end of March or early April, and possibly indi- 

 cate a local sporadic movement. Three records : 9-8-08*, 26-8-07, 

 2-9-08*, Dejoo, are rather unusual early appearances, Rungagora, 

 21-3-03, a specimen received in the flesh with the terminal portion of crest 

 feathers light blue and the back similarly splashed in colour. Seajuli, 

 19-11-11, I had shot a Green Pigeon (Sphenocercus apicauda) ( Blyth.) in 

 dense forest and having placed the bird on the fork of a sapling near at 

 hand was remaining motionless at the foot of the tree awaiting the arrival 

 of others, when a Green Pie came within a few paces from me, attracted 

 by the dead pigeon ; it scrutinized my capture and eventually succeeded, 

 after some probing, to dislodge it.'.On the bird falling to the ground, I made 



* An Asterisk denotes an observation. 



The number in brackets after each species corresponds to Gates' and Blanf ord''s 

 Volumes I-IV : Birds ; these numbers might with advantage in the next edition 

 be tabulated in the index column for the use of correspondents, &c. The generic 

 and specific name as figuring in these same Volumes, wherever differing from the 

 adopted nomenclature, is similarly inserted. The field notes in many cases record 

 trivial and common place incidents, yet are accurate statements of observationsas 

 actually jotted down in my note-book at the time, and thus may not be without 

 value. Wherever the month is given after the locality, it does not necessarily 

 follow that the species only occurs at that period, unless otherwise stated, but 

 that specimens have been collected at those localities and those months serve as a 

 basis for future study. 



