THE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR. 137 



(289) M. euficollis.— The Red-throated Ouzel. 

 Oates, No. 675 ; Hume, No. 364. 

 This is recorded from Cachar, but I have not obtained a specimen. 

 (290) M. boulboul.— The Grey- winged Ouzel. 

 Oates, No. 676 ; Hume, No. 361. 

 Very common during the cold weather, and a good many birds 

 stay and breed, though the majority migrate elsewhere, in all 

 likelihood to the higher ranges of hills in the Naga Hills District 

 and some to Manipur. 



(291) M. ateigulaeis.— The Black-throated Ouzel. 

 Oates, No. 677 ; Hume, No. 365. 

 Extremely common, and may often be seen in considerable numbers 

 feeding together in the rice jhums. Nearly the whole of the visible 

 portions of the under tail-coverts are whitish, and it is only in summer, 

 when the feathers are abraded, that the brown shows at all distinctly. 

 The mouth is yellow, and in young birds the commissure, on the upper 

 mandible, is tinged yellow. 



I had a bird sent to me to identify, which had been shot by Mr. H. 

 A. Hole in the plains, I believe in April. 



(292) M. peotomomel^na. — The Black-crested Ouzel. 

 Oates, No. 679 ; Hume, No. 358. 

 The only bird I have seen of this species was one shot by my taxi- 

 dermist on the 20th February, 1893. 



This was a female, and was obtained on a hill over 3,000 feet high, 

 feeding high up in a large tree. 



(293) M. obscuea.— The Dark Ouzel. 

 Oates, No. 680 ; Hume, No. 369 Bis. 

 I shot one of these birds out of a flock of five, which were all to- 

 gether on a high tree. It was shot on the same hill as that on which 

 the last bird was obtained. 



The irides are a dull brown, the legs dark fleshy-brown, and the 

 lower mandible yellow with a dark tip. 



(294) M. FEiE.— Fea's Ouzel. 

 Oates, No. 682 ; Hume, No. 369 Ter. 

 A sepoy shot one of these birds feeding on a large cotton-tree close 

 to the stockade, and the skin was brought to me ; but it was far too 



