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secured ; Rungagora, Dibrugarh, 10-4-02, 27-3-02, S , 27-3-03, $ ; Dejoo, 

 North Lakhimpur, 15-3-09 *. 



261. Megalcsma marshallorum marshallorum, Swinh. [1006]. — The Great 



Himalayan Barbet. 



Restricted to the hill regions. The Daphla, Abor-Miri Hills and Naga 

 hills above Margherita, 



Derpai, base of hills, entrance to Subansiri Gorge, 20-11-05, $ , this 

 specimen was watched by Mr. Lindsay Alexander and seen to be molest- 

 ed and eventually killed by crows during the day. An examination on 

 dissection showed a dislocated neck. This incident was no doubt prompt- 

 ed by similar jealousies after the manner that crows peck an invalid or 

 injured member of their fraternity to death or otherwise take at a disad- 

 vantage some unoffending stranger, with this exception unknown at the 

 foot of the hills in North Lakhimpur. Beni, Abor-Miri hills, 7-2-06, 

 observed in parties of a dozen or thereabouts. 



262. Thereiceryx lineatus lineatus (YiBiW.) [1009]. — The Lineated Barbet. 

 Generally distributed throughout the plains. 



263. Cyanops asiaticus adaticus (Lath). [ — 1012]. The Blue-throated Barbet. 

 Common throughout the plains. Dejoo River, upper reaches, 5-4-07; 



procured a specimen with nape back and breast splashed with red. 



264. Cyanops cyanotis (Blyth). [1016]. — The Blue-eared Barbet. 



North Lakhimpur, approximate distance five miles from base of hills, 

 3-6-04, S, 25-6-04, S ; otherwise no other records available. More 

 evidence as to the status of this Barbet in Uppex Assam is desirable. 



265. Cyanops franhhni franhlini (Blyth). [1017]. — The Golden-throated 



Barbet. 

 A series collected on the north frontier in the Abor-Miri hills where it 

 was comparatively numerous. 



266. Xantholcsvia JicBmatocephalus h(smatocephalus (P. L, S. Mull.) [1019]. — 



The Crimson-breasted Barbet. 



Plentiful in the plains on the grass lands sparsely interspersed with 

 trees, chiefly Simal {Bomhax inalaharicuimi), absent from the heavy forests. 



Mai j an, Dibrugarh ; Komolabari, Sibsagar : north bank of the Brama- 

 pootra, Dejoo, 8-3-10* ; Silonibari, 4-8-11*. These two latter records are 

 somewhat doubtful as no specimens were secured. In any case it must be 

 a rare bird at the foot of the hills in North Lakhimpvir. Observed at 

 Tezpur, Lower Assam, in February. 



267. Coracias affinis, McClelland. [1023]. — The Burmese Roller. 

 Commonly distributed throughout the plains. A familiar object to the 



most casual observer. Often to be seen hawking for winged termites when 

 they emerge at evening in company with Drongos and Bulbuls, such an 

 occasion noted at Dejoo, 5-12-10. 



268. Eurystomus orientalis calonyx, Sharpe. [1025]. — The Broad-billed 



Roller. 



Eurystomus orientalis, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iii., p. 107. 

 Locally distributed throughout the plains, more partial to the heavily 

 forested tracts than Coracias affinis, and plentiful at the base of the hills. 

 Margherita, North Lakhimpur, Guijan to Digiltarung (Plains), Dibrugarh. 



269. Merops orientalis birmanus, Neum. [1026]. — The Burmese Bee-eater. 



Merops viridis, Blanford, F. B. I., "Vol. iii., p. 110. 



