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JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 189!. 



Systematic name. 



(1) Vernacular name. 



(2) Common English 



name. 



6. Cuckoos. 

 Cuculus canorus 



„ micro ptera. 

 Hierococcyx varius.. 



Polyphasia nigra 



Surnieulus dicruroi- 

 des. 



Coccystes malano- 

 leucos. 



7. Shrikes. 



Lanius lahtora 



,, erythronotus. 



„ nigriceps 



„ Hardwickii... 



,, cristatus 



Tephrodornis pondi- 



ceiiana. 

 Volvocivera Sykesii. 



Volvocivera mela- 



chistos. 

 Graueulus Macei 



Kuphoo. Cuckoo. 



Kuphoo. 

 Papaya. 



Brief note of habitat 



Breeding season. 

 (close season). 



Arrives in the Cen- 

 tral Provinces dur- 

 ing May, and de- 

 parts during July. 



Forest bird 



In all wooded dis- 

 tricts 

 Do. 

 Forest bird 



Wooded districts, not 

 very common. 



From April to 



August accord- 



)■ ing as their 



respective 



hosts breed. 



1st April to 31st 

 October. 



Lahtora. Grey Shrike. 



Lahtora. Rufous 

 backed Shrike. 



Lahtora. Black-head- 

 ed Shrike. 



Lahtora. Bay-backed 

 Shrike. 



Lahtora. Crested 



Brown Shrike. 

 — — Wood Shrike. 



Back-headed Cuckoo 

 Shrike. 



Dark-grey Cuckoo- 

 Shrike. 



LargeCuckoo-Shrike. 



8. Minivet s. 



Pericrocotus spe- 



cioses. 

 „ peregrinus 



..Drongo Shrikes. 



Dicrurus macro- 



cercus. 

 ,, cerulescens .. 



Edolius paradiseus ... 



Saliili. Large Minivet. 



Sath-Sahili. Small 

 Minivet. 



Open jungly districts. 



Do. 



Wet localities. 



Open jungly districts 



Wintervisitor. Affects 

 gardens and groves 

 Open jungly districts 



Do. 



Open juDgly districts 

 Do. 



Forest bird. 

 Open jungles. 



1 



Bojanga. Common 



Drongo. 

 Pahari-Bojanga. 



White-bellied 

 Drongo. 

 Bhimraj. Racket 

 tailed Drongo. 



Open cultivated dis- 

 tricts. 



Wooded hilly locali 

 ties. 



1st February to 

 j 31st July. 



Does not breed in 

 the country. 



i 1st July to 31st 

 i October. 



1st July to Slst 

 October. 



1st March to 

 31st October. 



Forests 



f. March to July. 



