Length, 



extent, 



wing, 



tail, 



tarsus, 



centre claw, 



hind claw. 



18-6 in. 



29-4" 



9 6" 



8" 



1-5" 



19" 



1-3" 



175 „ 



28" 



9'4" 



r 



1-4" 



1-9" 



1-3" 



112 A List of Birds from the Khasi hills $c. [No. 2, 



No. 2 r Carpophaga, species (unknown). 



General color slate, head and under parts light, upper parts dark, 

 pspecially the larger wing and tail feathers, extreme two inches of 

 tail lighter than the rest, forming a transverse band. 



Sp. a. 



Bill one inch, soft and curved at tip, flesh colored, — upper com- 

 pressed at base, lower the broadest, breadth "4", lower mandible 

 in sp. a, 0-1", in sp. J, 0*6", nostril elongated, in which point it 

 differs from JP insignis, Irides, light bluish grey. 



791#. Macropygia tusalia, H o d g. 



The bird I obtained on the top of Mahadeo differs somewhat 

 from this species, there was no tinge of lake on the bill. Orbits 

 were black not red as in M. tusalia, the inner circle of the irides 

 yellow, in the colaration of the throat and lateral tail feathers it 

 agrees with Columha leptogrammica of Temmink. Length 15£ 

 inches, extent 21£", wing 10", tail 7£", tarsus T, bill Jf* legs and 

 feet dull red, bill black. 



795. Turtur suratensis, G m e 1 i n. 



The female is not only smaller but decidedly of duller plumage. 



798. Chalcophaps Indicus, Lin, 



Of the Easores very few have been collected, and of the Gra]> 

 latores, all obtained are so widely distributed and so wellknown 

 that the record is of little value until more have been noticed. — The 

 whole order is badly represented in these Hill ranges. 



