98 A List of Birds from the Khasi hills fyc. [No. 2, 



192. Megalaima Hodgsoni, B o n a p. 



At Asalu it is found at 3,600 feet. The specimens, I obtained, 

 had the vent and under tail coverts of the same green as the lower 

 breast ; bill fleshy pink, tip of upper mandible dark. 



195. Cyanops Asiatica, Lath. 



196. Cyanops Franklinii, B 1 y t h. 



196a. Cyanops cyanotis, Blyth. (Jer don, 1. c, I, p. 315). 



Has a crimson patch at back of occiput, no crimson at base of 

 lower mandible as in the next species, in which it is orange. 

 Family ■, Cuctjlid^. 



204. Cuculus striatus, D r a p i e z. 



Length 13 inches, wing 8" ; tail 6 J". 



209. Polyphasia tenuirostris, Gray. 



Length 9| inches ; extent 12£" ; wing 4£" ; tail 5 J" ; tarsus f ; 

 biU at front £". 



214. Fudynamys orientalis, Linn., a female measured in length 

 15 inches ; tail V '. 



215. Zanclostomus tristis, Less. 

 218. Centropus viridis, S c o p o 1 i. 



Family, Nectarinid^. 



223. Arachnothera magna, Hodgson. 



225. JEthopyga miles, Hodgson. 



No scarlet in the tail feathers whatever, below the breast dull 

 green grey, no tinge of brown, if tinged at all it is with yellow 

 down the centre. Length 5 inches ; bill j 7 , wing nearly 2£". 



229. JEthopyga Nipalensis, Hodgson. 



231. jFthopyga saturata, Hodgson. 



Length 4| inches ; scapulars, interscapulars, side of neck and 

 back maroon, a very marked band of yellow on the rump ; in all 

 other respects it agrees with J e r d o n ' s description. 



23 la. Anthreptes — sp. — ? 



A single specimen was obtained at Teria Ghat and shown to me 

 by Dr. J e r d o n in December 1869. Head and upper back rich 

 metallic green fading on lower back, but strong again on upper 

 tail coverts ; wing and tail black, the shoulder of the former has a 

 tinge of blue, outer edges of centre tail feathers metallic green, 

 ear coverts rich purple lake, with a streak on the side of the neck 



