THE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR. 121 



(226) iETHiopsAE fuscus.— The Jungle Myna. 

 Oates, No. 552 ; Hume, No. 686. 



Common up to 1,500 feet or 2,000. 



(227) M. albictnctus.— The Collared Myna. 

 Oates, No. 554 ; Hume, No. 686 Ter. 



I have shot one specimen of this, a male, which I got in March, 

 1890. 



(228) Sturnopastor contra.— The Pied Myna. 

 Oates, No. 555 ; Hume, No. 683. 

 Common at the foot of the hills, and extending a short way up the 

 bigger streams. 



(229) S. superciliaris.— The Burmese Pied Myna. 

 Oates, No. 556 ; Hume, No. 683 Bis. 

 I have seen only two specimens of this bird, both caught on the nest 

 and brought to me by Nagas. 



Family Muscicapidos. 



(230) Hemichelidon siberica.— The Sooty Fly-catcher. 



Oates, No. 558 ; Hume, No. 296. 



Very rare here, but a few birds are nearly always to be met with at 



Hungrum, where some remain to breed and where I have once obtained 



a male and twice a female. 



On the 14th of May, 1891, 1 got a nest containing two eggs. Close by 

 the Government Road, and situated in heavy tree jungle, with an under- 

 growth of Caladiums and similar plants, was an old stump, covered 

 with a mass of yellow convolvulus, and passing this one day I observed 

 a bird fly out and commence using very bad language, evidently in 

 the hopes of driving me from the tree ; naturally the effect was to 

 make me search the tree in the hopes of finding a nest and, sure 

 enough, I soon found a massive moss cup wedged in between the 

 stump and the remains of a bough. Having discovered the nest, I shot 

 the bird and found it to be a female of this species ; the nest was a 

 deep, compact cup made entirely of fresh green moss and lined with 

 moss roots only ; outwardly the diameter was about 4", and the depth 

 fully 2|"; inwardly the cup was rather less than 2" across and about 

 1*2" deep. 



The eggs, two in number, are quite typical fly-catcher's eggs, of the 

 Cyornis type ; in general colour they are pale fawn or stone-colour, and 



