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(317) Hypacanthes spinoides.— The Himalayan Green Finch. 



Oates, No. 772 ; Hume, No. 750. 

 The only bird I have seen of this species was one brought to me by 

 a Naga who had caught it near Asalu. It was a very dirty remnant, 

 and it was impossible to tell the sex, but it was either a young male 

 or a female. 



(318) Passer domesticus.— The House Sparrow. 

 Oates, No. 776 ; Hume, No. 706. 

 This bird does not ascend the hills at all in North Cachar, and, though 

 t hey have twice been brought to Gunjong and turned out, they have 

 all left. 



(319) P. MOntanus.— The Tree Sparrow. 

 Oates, No. 779 ; Hume, No. 710. 

 Fairly common on the north and west and very common else- 

 where. I took a nest of this bird containing nine eggs, but as four 

 of these were hard set and five fresh, I am inclined to think they were 

 laid by two birds, more especially as the latter eggs seemed slightly 

 darker and mores finely marked than the former. 



(320) P. cinnamomeus.— The Cinnamon Sparrow. 

 Oates, No. 780 ; Hume, No. 708. 

 A rare bird in North Cachar. It appears to be very fond of 

 perching on the extreme summit of dead branchless trees, and it is in 

 such positions I have shot all the birds I have. My eggs average even 

 smaller than Oates' dimensions in " Nests and Eggs " (Vol. II, p. 165). 

 One of my eggs measures only *69" by *54 tf . 



Sub-family Emberizinw. 

 (321) Embebiza fucata. — The Grey-headed Bunting. 

 Oates, No. 790 ; Hume, No. 719. 

 A not uncommon winter visitant. 



(322) E. pusilla.— The Dwarf Bunting. 

 Oates, No. 791 ; Hume, No. 720. 

 Very common throughout the cold weather, arriving late in 

 October or early November, and leaving at the end of March — a few as 

 late as early April. 



(323) E. aureola. — The Yellow-breasted Bunting. 

 Oates, No. 797; Hume, No. 723, 

 A common winter visitant, 



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