12 H. H. Godwin-Austen — Sixth List of Birds from the [No. 1, 



IV. — Sixth List of Birds from the Sill Banges of the North-East 

 Frontier of India. — By Lieut. -Colonel H. H. GoDWiN-ArsTEN, 

 F. Z. S. &c., &c., late Deputy Superintendent Topographical Survey 

 of India, 



(Received 16tli March ; read 3rd April.) 



[With Plates X and XI.] 



This list is the result of two seasons' Survey exploration in the East- 

 ern Naga Hills (Mr. A. W. Chennell) and of the low hills near Sadija 

 and the neighbourhood of the Brahmakhiind (Mr. M. T. Ogle). I have 

 again to acknowledge the kind services of the above gentlemen, to whom I 

 owe so much, and who have added considerably to the value of the collec- 

 tion by taking careful measurements in the flesh and recording the colour 

 of the soft parts. The collection is a large one and contains, as will be seen, 

 besides a large number of species already recorded, many interesting birds. 

 Together with the birds included in my paper on the Dafla Hills and 

 Darrang Terai, which I have now introduced and marked with an asterisk, 

 it brings up the total number of species collected during the progress of 

 No. 6 Topographical Survey, to 585. 



Having now left the service, I much fear that this will be my last 

 contribution in these pages to the avi-fauna of the Eastern Districts. 

 The assistants who have been associated with me hitherto on this pleasant 

 work are being gradually reduced in number ; and have either been 

 transferred to other parties, or have proceeded on well merited leave 

 of absence to a distance, so that it is difficult to arrange for collecting with 

 success, and a certain amount of aid is requisite, which only individuals in 

 the country can obtain. When this paper was almost completed, the 

 arrival of Mr. Chennell in England, with another collection of some 800 

 skins from the North Khasi Hills, has enabled me to add a few more species 

 to the list, and there are still some I have not yet identified. 



70. Uretja Coromanda, Latham. 

 North Khasi Hills, (collected by Mr. Chennell). 



*71. Htjhtja nipalensis, Hodgson. 



73. Ketupa flayipes, Hodgson, var. magnificat S^vinhoe. 

 North Khasi Hills. The specimen in Mr. Chennell's collection has the 

 tarsus covered with a white down, huffy above, extending to within 1-3 inch 

 of the base of the toes, as recorded by Mr. Swinhoe in his description of 

 K. magniflca from Ningpo, (Ibis, 1873, p. 127). 



