547 

 NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF UPPER ASSAM. 



BY 



H. Stevens, m b.o.u. 



( With a 2ilate.) 

 Additions and Errata to Part I, 



82 A. BJiringa remifer (Temm.) [339]. — The Lesser Eacket-tailed Drongo. 

 Resident throughout the who le area in forest. It is no unusual occurrence 

 in ones' rambles in the dense evergreen forest to come upon a pair of 

 these Drongos in company with a large and varied assortment of small 

 birds, Warblers, Babblers, &c., in such a quarter that allows of the pene- 

 tration of the sun's rays. The whole surrounding vegetation is then alive 

 with movement and twitterings. It can be seen to what purpose and how 

 beautifully nature has adapted the seemingly extraordinary development 

 of the elongated tail feathers with the spatulate extremity to serve as a 

 rudder during its aerial dives within a confined and obstructed space. 

 Both this and the next species are strictly forest Drongos though occa- 

 sionally frequent the outskirts of the forest. 



errata anu additions td part [. 



Page 236, line 19, for fragmentary read frequent. 



„ 238, „ 11, from the bottom, for nearly read near ally. 



„ 239, „ 8 „ „ „ for McClell read [McClell.] 



,, 241, „ 12, for Hodgs. read Blyth. 



,, 242, „ 32, for Myiophoneus read MyiopJionus. 



„ 246, „ 4, for 14-4-04 read 14-6-04. 



„ 249, „ 1, for dusty 7-ead dusky. 



,, 249, „ 2, for dusty read dusky. 



„ 253, „ 17, for move read prove. 



„ 253, „ 34 add June. 



„ 254, „ 14, for 21-6-04 read 21-7-04. 



„ 256, „ 23, for Chota Tinrai read Chota Tingrai 



,, 257, ,, 20, for Poobamukh read Pobhamukh. 



„ 260, ,, 1, for svecica read suecica. 



„ 262, „ 6, from bottom,for Gurrung, January read Gurrung Jan. 



„ 263, „ \Q,trova.hotioxa,ioxpurctulatai:e2id.punctulata. 



„ 264, „ 14, from top, for <S read $ . 



„ 266, „ 10, from bottom, for hold read hoed. 



„ 268, „ 24, for Arachnethera read Arachnothera. 



„ 268, „ 30 „ ,, ^ „ ^ _ 



„ 268, „ 9, from bottom, for iqnipectuH read ignipectus. 



Pakt II 



244. Pitta nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgs.) [927]. — The Blue-naped Pitta. 

 Occurs throughout the plains in the cold weather at all events. Margherita, 



December, February, March ; Rungagora, January ; Dejoo, 4-6-10, a pair 

 attracted my attention with their whistling notes, a few days later Pittas 

 were much in evidence in some scrub jungle close by the bungalow. 



245. Fitta cucullata, Hart. [935]. — The Green-breasted Pitta. 



Rare resident at foot of hills in North Lakhimpur ; Dejoo, single record 

 for adult, 24-5-C7, 5 , taken on nest containing four eggs ; the latter smashed 

 owing to falling timber when clearing the forest. 



