266 A Second List of Birds from the Khasi hills, \c. [No. 3, 



53. Circus melanoleucus, G in e 1 i n. 



L. 17£", ex. 42", w. 14", t. 9£", tr. 3.0", mid toe and claw 2f , 

 cere dark yellow ; from Bolagunj, Sylhet. 

 72. Kettjpa Ceylonensis, G m e 1. 



8 1 . NlNOX SCUTELLATUS, E. a f f 1. 



85. Hirundo daurica, Linn. 



Specimens of the three last named species were obtained at 

 Mymensing. 



89. Cotyle Sinensis, Gray. 



Breeding in January at Shirshang in banks of the Lumessary 

 Eiver. L. 12£", w. 8£", t. 6£", tr. 0.7", bill at f. 0.5". 



109. Caprimulgus aebonotatus, T i c k e 1 1. 



The first primary has a white spot on the inner web only, and is 

 also faintly mottled at tip. 



119. Merops quinticolor, Y i e i 1 1. 



Ear coverts dark brown, tail exceeds end of wings by 1£ inches. 

 L. 8£", w. 4.2", t. 3.4", tr. 1.4", bill at f. 1.3". Several specimens 

 obtained in the topes of trees at Agarkote, W. Shushang, Mymensiiig 

 district. 



129. Halcyon fuscus, B o d d. 



L. 11", ex. 16.7", w. 4.7", t. 3.5", tr. 0.7", bill at f. 2.25" ; foot of 

 hills near Sylhet and Mymensing. 



141. Hydrocissa coroiiatAj B o d d. 



$.— L. 36£", ex. 41", w. 14.5*, t. 13'5", tr. 2", bill at f. 5£", casque 

 depth at base 3f", its length over top 7", bill from gape 62". 



?.— L. 36", ex. 42-5", w. 14", t. 13", tr. 2*0", casque depth at base 

 3f", casque over top 6£", bill from gape 6 \". 



Orbital skin waxy white, bill waxy pale ochre with a black lon- 

 gitudinal mark in front. J e r d o n remarks that the black patch 

 does not extend to the upper mandible ; in my specimens it does so 

 markedly. I was at first inclined to think that the species was 

 H. albirostris, but its much larger size distinguishes it from that 

 species. 



I shot both sexes in the west Khasi Hills, West of Pundengru 

 in the dense forest, on the same tree which was frequented by these 

 birds for the fruit then ripe. 



148. Pal;eornis torqttattts, B o d d. — Chatak. 



