340 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



obtained a nest on the 18th February at Sampkimd in the Sirsi 

 Taluka. It was a cup of very light- coloured grass or roots suspended 

 between two branches on a tree in thin jungle. It was about 20 feet 

 from the ground, and as it contained two very small young, I did not 

 disturb it. 



781 bis.— THE SOUTHERN INDIAN CARPOPHAGA. 



Carpophaga cuprea, Jerd. 



At page 329 of Vol. 5 of the Journal there is a note as to the 



nidification of Carpophaga insignia. This however is the result 



of a stupid clerical error on my part, and the note really refers 



to this species. 



814.— THE RED SPUR FOWL. 

 Galloperdix sptadiceus, Gm. 



This bird was very common in Kanara, as also in several other 

 districts in which I have served. I have found its nests at all times 

 during the hot weather ; i. e., from February to June. 



I notice Mr. Barnes following nearly every other writer ; states it 

 lays from five to eight eggs, seldom more. Now in the various 

 districts I have found this bird breeding, I must have seen 30 or 40 

 nests and I cannot recollect ever finding more than three eggs. 

 I have now before me the records of fifteen clutches, nine from 

 Kanara and six from Nosik. All contained three eg-ars, and in most 

 of the cases the eggs were well incubated. I therefore think it is 

 probable that the large clutches mentioned by others must at all 

 events in some cases have been the produce of more than one hen. 



936 bis.— THE MALAYAN TIGER BITTERN. 



Goisakius melanolof>Jius, Buffi. 

 The bird, I believe, is not only very shy, but also very rare 

 in Kanara, and I only twice came across adult birds. These were in 

 each case single specimens. One was at Siddapur above the ghats, 

 and was in May ; the other was at Karwar in the middle of the 

 rains. The bird must however breed in Kanara, as a young one, 

 unable to fly, was brought to me alive in the beginning of October. 

 The man who brought it said he caught it in a rice field adjoining 

 thick jungle. I was unable to find time to go with him and see if 

 any further specimens were about the place. 



