1.55 



Sub-Fam. Milvina. 

 Genus Milvus, Auct. 



6. Milvus Govinda, Sykes? 



" The primary quill-feathers are blackish-brown at their tips ; 

 every other part of their plumage is brown. It is a common Kite in 

 Assam, as in every other part of India." — 3IcClellancts MS. 



Note. — A single specimen of this bird, not well preserved, was 

 found in the collection : some uncertainty respecting the species to 

 which it really belongs still remains. 



Fam. Strigid^. Sub-Fam. Noctuina. 

 Genus, Athene, Boie : Noctua, Sav. 



7. Athene cuculdides. Noctua cuculdides, Gould's Cent. Himal. 

 Birds, Tab. IV. 



Sub-Fam. Bubonina. 

 Genus Scops, Sav. 



8. Scops Lempiji. Strix Lempiji, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 

 p. 14-0. 



Order II. INSESSORES, Vigors. 



Tribus Fissirostres, Cuv. 



Fam. MEROPiDiE. 



Genus Nyctiornis, Swains. Zool. Illust. II. PI. 56. 



9. Nyctiornis Athertonii. 



" Toes much longer than the tarsi ; outer ones united to the last 

 joint, and the inner to the first joint: beak compressed, arched 

 equally from the forehead, and terminating in a point formed by 

 both mandibles : nostrils concealed with feathers : body seven, tail 

 five inches long." — Mc Clelland!s MS. 



Fam. HiRUNDiNiDiE. 

 Genus Hirundo, Auct. 



10. Hirundo brevirostris. Supra nigricnns nitore oUvaceo ; 

 subtHs fuscescens, alis elongatis ; caudd mediori subfurcatd ; ros- 

 tra brevissimo. 



This species agrees with Hirundo fuciphaga in habit, in propor- 

 tional length of wing, and shortness of beak, and in colour above ; 

 but it is darker underneath, and more than one third larger : entire 

 length six inches. 



11. Hirundo Jewan, Sykes, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 83. 



The specimens of this bird sent from Assam by Mr. McClelland 

 agree in all points with those discovered in Dukhun by Col. Sykes. 



