Duration. Extent of damage, if any, and general remarks. Not stated. 10 seconds. 2 seconds. Sylhet, Gáro and 8 to 10 seconds. A few seconds. 8 seconds. 5 seconds. Nil. No damage done. Treasury room cracked in several places. No serious damage. Nágá Hills and Head Quarters Lakhimpur. The first two shocks very distinct. No damage. The third shock was very smart, and the rumble and shock came almost together. No damage. No damage. Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Sylhet, Cachár, Nágá and Gáro Hills. Sibságar, Lakhimpur, Sylhet, Cachár, Nágá, Gáro and Khási Hills. 5 seconds. 10 seconds. A few seconds. 15 to 20 seconds. 5 seconds. 2 seconds. Slight. No damage. 1st, very distinct with loud rumbling. No damage. 3rd, loud continued rumbling, no shock. No damage. Sharp shock, no damage. Lakhimpur, Sylhet, Cachár, Nágá and Gáro Hills. 8 to 10 seconds. | Distinct shock with loud rumbling. No damage. 5 seconds. No damage. Sibságar, Lakhimpur, Sylhet, Cachár, Nágá and Gáro Hills. Nowgong, Sibságar, Lakhimpur, Sylhet, Nágá and Gáro Hills. IV.—Sixth List of Birds from the Hill Ranges of the North-East Frontier of India.-By LIEUT.-COLONEL H. H. GODWIN-AUSTEN, F. Z. S. &c., &c., late Deputy Superintendent Topographical Survey of India. (Received 16th March; read 3rd April.) [With Plates X and XI.] This list is the result of two seasons' Survey exploration in the Eastern Nágá Hills (Mr. A. W. Chennell) and of the low hills near Sadiya and the neighbourhood of the Bráhmakhúnd (Mr. M. T. Ogle). I have again to acknowledge the kind services of the above gentlemen, to whom I owe so much, and who have added considerably to the value of the collection by taking careful measurements in the flesh and recording the colour of the soft parts. The collection is a large one and contains, as will be seen, besides a large number of species already recorded, many interesting birds. Together with the birds included in my paper on the Dafla Hills and Darrang Terai, which I have now introduced and marked with an asterisk, it brings up the total number of species collected during the progress of No. 6 Topographical Survey to 585. Having now left the service, I much fear that this will be my last contribution in these pages to the avi-fauna of the Eastern Districts. The assistants who have been associated with me hitherto on this pleasant work are being gradually reduced in number; and have either been transferred to other parties, or have proceeded on well merited leave of absence to a distance, so that it is difficult to arrange for collecting with success, and a certain amount of aid is requisite, which only individuals in the country can obtain. When this paper was almost completed, the arrival of Mr. Chennell in England, with another collection of some 800 skins from the North Khasi Hills, has enabled me to add a few more species to the list, and there are still some I have not yet identified. 70. URRUA COROMANDA, Latham. North Khasi Hills, (collected by Mr. Chennell). *71. HUHUA NIPALENSIS, Hodgson. 73. KETUPA FLAVIPES, Hodgson, var. magnifica, Swinhoe. North Khasi Hills. The specimen in Mr. Chennell's collection has the tarsus covered with a white down, buffy above, extending to within 1·3 inch of the base of the toes, as recorded by Mr. Swinhoe in his description of K. magnifica from Ningpo, (Ibis, 1873, p. 127). |