8C) BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOC1ETV. 



This was of a dirty brownish-white ground colour, the smaller end. 

 beino- thickly covered with dull-brown spots which passed into 

 larger confluent blotches and formed a cap at the larger end ; he 

 does not give the size of the eggs. 



Oorun, Bombay, November. E. H. Aitken, B. A. 



238.— TIOKELL'S FLOWER-PECKER. 

 Dica'um eryihrorhynclms, Lath. 



This Flower-Pecker is not uncommon all along the Sahyadri range 

 and in the forests adjacent ; it occurs also at and near Baroda. It 

 has not as yet been recorded from Abu, but doubtless occurs there, 

 having probably been overlooked on account of its diminutive size, 

 plain colours and arboreal habits. It is a permanent resident, 

 breeding during March and April, making an egg-shaped nest 

 composed of soft silky down and vegetable fibres, which is suspended 

 by its smaller end to a twig ; it is often well concealed by leaves. 

 The eggs, two or three in number, are pure glossless white, of a 

 narrow oval shape, measuring 064 inches in length by about 0*42 

 in breadth. Mr. Davidson says, that " this bird appears to me to 

 be a western form ; I only got it sparingly close to the extreme west 

 of the district. In Nassick, due south of this, it was very common in 

 the western talookas, but rare or absent in the east.' 



W. Nassick, February, March, and April. J. Davidson, C. S. 



Khandalia, April. H. E. Barnes. 



Baroda. H. Littledale, Esq. 



239.— THE NILGTRI FLOWER-PECKER. 



DiccBum concolor, Jerd. 



Within our limits this bird seems to be confined to the extreme 

 south-east. It is probably a permanent resident. 



240.— THE THICK-BILLED FLOWER-PECKER. 



Piprisoma agile, Tick. 



The Thick-billed Flower-Pecker has been recorded from Ratnagiri; 

 it is rare in West Khandesh, but is common in all the western dis- 

 tricts of Nassick. and therefore most probably occurs more or less 

 commonly throughout the Sahyadri range. It crops up again at 

 Baroda. Jerdon records it from the Deccan and the Malabar 

 Coasts. They are, I believe, permanent residents wherever found, 

 breeding during March and April, making a beautiful bag-shaped 



