100 A List of Birds from the Khasi hills Sfc. [No. 2, 



280. Dicrurus longicaudatus, A. Hay. 



282. Chaptia tenea, Vieillot. 



Length 9| inches ; wing 5 " ; tail 4f" ; extent 14" ; tarsus f" ; bill 

 at front £"• 



284. Edolius paradiseus, Lin. 



287. Artamus fuscus, Y i e i 1 1. 



First seen at Asalu in April, generally flying about leafless trees, 

 in the clearer parts of the country. The birds were breeding in Ca- 

 char in April and May, the young sitting out on the palm branches. 



290. Myiagra azurea, Bodd., both $ and ? obtained. 



291 . Leucocerca fuscoventris, Franklin. 



The five outer tail feathers tipped dull white, decreasing ; legs 

 brown. Length 7f inches ; extent 8J" ; wing 3" ; tail 4£" ; bill in 

 front f" ; tarsus f". 



294. Chelidorhynxliypoxanthd) Blyth. 



Under side of bill orange. Length 4j inches, extent 6^-", wing 

 2£", tail 2£", legs umber brown. 



295. Gryptolopha cinereocapilla, Y i e i 1 1. 



A specimen obtained at Cherra was bright yellow. 



296. Hemichelidon fuliginosus, Hodg. 



In the young bird the head was spotted with white, a white circle 

 round the eye, edge of secondaries and wing coverts pale fer- 

 ruginous, finely spotted with various shades of white and dusky 

 brown on breast, albescent on belly and lower tail coverts, feet 

 feeble, wing measured 3 inches in my specimen. 



301. Eumyias melanops, Y i g o r s. 



308. Cyornis magnirostris, Blyth. 



The description of a female has only been hitherto made. Dr. 

 J e r d o n to whom I showed my specimen pronounced it a male, 

 and of which no specimen would appear to be in the Asiatic Muse- 

 um, Calcutta, nor in the British Museum. I procured but the single 

 specimen at Asalu, — the description is as follows : — 



S , — above dark verditer blue, paler and brighter over fore- 

 head and eyes ; shoulder of wing, chin, throat, and breast rich 

 ferruginous, fading to fulvescent on lower breast, white on belly 

 and under tail coverts ; wings pale black, edged pale verditer. 

 Beak long and straight, well hooked, rictal bristles rather short, 



