﻿15-1 Godwin- Austen — Fourtli list of Birds from the [No. 3, 



12G. EUETSTOMUS OEIENTALIS, Lin. 



This beautiful Roller is essentially a forest bird and was seen on several 

 occasions on the Dunsiri, They frequented the trees that surround the large 

 tanks at Dimapur, and I shot my specimens there. 



140. HOMRAIUS BICORNIS, Lin, 



Several fine specimens were brought in by Captain Badgley and Mr. 

 Chennell from the Tipperah Hills. In the Naga Hills I observed four 

 large Hornbills, which I believe were this species, near Tellizo Peak, in 

 January, — the only Hornbills seen in that part of the hills, no fruit then be- 

 ing ripe. In the low Dunsiri forest, at that season of the year, Hornbills 

 are very numerous. 



The Tipperah birds were very fine, their dimensions greatly exceeding 

 those given in Jerdon's ' Birds of India ;' the largest measured as follows : 

 Wing 21-5," tail 19-0," tarsus, 30" 



Length of bill along commissure to gape, 12 '0" 



Bill in a straight line from point to gape, , , 10.75" 



Length of bill over culmen to posterior of casque, 16"5" 



Depth of bill at centre of casque (highest part), 4'5" 



Length of casque, , . . . . 7'0" 



Breadth of casque at base, .• 3 68" 



Orange pink above, pinkish yellow on side of upper mandible and very 

 red at the point ; the lower is wax-yellow, 



156. Picus CATHPHAEius, Hodgson. 



One specimen was got in the Nagd, Hills in the rather open country 

 near Sikhami. 



$ Description. Upper parts pure black. Primary coverts tipped white 

 secondary wholly white, forming a very large wing patch. The white spots 

 on both webs of the alars are arranged thus : 



Primaries. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th all the rest. 

 Inner web. 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 



Outer web. 15 6 6 6 5 4 



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tipped white 



Tail coloured diagonally buff on 3 outer tail feathers, which have a 

 subterminal black spot, and the two outer either with a narrow black bar 

 or two spots. Both above and below the eye pure white, huffish on the ear- 

 coverts* and frontal band ; white at base of lower mandible, becoming buff 

 on low^er throat, and pale ochre on breast and abdomen, ^much streaked with 



