1870.] A List of Birds from the Khasi hills Sfc. 93 



Sub.-Fam. Aquiline. 

 34. Limnaetus niveus, Tern. 

 39. Spilornis cheela, Daud. 



Sub.-Fam. Milvin^e. 



55. JTaliastur Indus, Bodd. 



Feet yellow, irides dull yellow, extent 47 inches. 



56. Milvus Govinda, S y k e s. 



This bird is not a visitant to Cherra, until rains begin to cease, 

 early in September. 



58. JBaza lophotes, Cur. 



Only one specimen of this handsome bird was seen and shot at 

 the head of the Jhiri, the country being all dense forest for miles. 

 Length 14 inches; extent 30"; wing 9f " ; tail 5£" ; plume 2|"; 

 tarsus \" ; spread of foot 2f-" ; irides inner circle madder brown 

 shading off into pink grey. Primaries 3rd and 4th the longest. 

 Family, Strigid^e. 



61. Strix Candida, T i c k e 1 1. 



Obtained on the border of the grass country near the Kopili river. 



75. Fphialtes Lempigi, H o r s f . 



Dr. J e r d o n, who saw this bird, pronounced it to be E. Lempigi, 

 resembling the Malabar variety ; I had set it down as pennatus var. 

 It certainly is a very rufous type of the former named species, and 

 as these birds differ so much in plumage and size from various locali- 

 ties, I give a description taken down before the bird was skinned. 



Above, chesnut rufous, feathers on top of head black shafted, bar- 

 red black and dusky rufous on back, scapulars edged white on outer 

 web with a subterminal black spot. Primaries distinctly barred 

 with white and rufous, having narrow black lines bordering the 

 white bars of the outer web, inner webs greyish black, breast a 

 paler, but rich, tint of rufous, indistinctly spotted with black, — per- 

 haps streaked would be most correct ; more white on belly, the under 

 tail coverts being pure white ; legs rufous to end of tarsus, tail 

 barred dusky on outer feathers, with fine black on the two central. 

 Buff brown, feathers barred black and tipped brown. Irides light 

 golden yellow, bill pale yellow, legs almost white or palish flesh 

 colour. Length about 8 inches ; extent 18£'' ; wing 5 -8"; tail 3 J" ; 

 tarsus 1-3". 



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