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THE BIRDS OF NORTH KANARA. 

 By J. Davidson, i.c.s. 

 Fart II. 

 (^Continued from page 679, Vol. AT.) 

 1010. Thereiceryx viridis, Bodd. 

 This bird is very common everywhere in Kanara except the extreme 

 north-eaat corner. It breeds everywhere from the end of February to 

 the end of May, and is 30 common that one can find half a dozen nests 

 in a morning. 



1019. Xanthol^ma h^macephala, P. L. S. Mull. 

 Common along the coast round the villages from Karwar to Bhutkul ; 

 also in the forests above Ghats east of Sirsi. Absent from the central 

 belt of forest and the sides of the Ghats. It breeds in February, March, 

 and the beginning of April. 



1020. Xanthol.ema malabarica, Blyth. 

 This barbet takes the place of the preceding one in the central belt 

 of country and also along the ridge of the Ghats. It also overlaps it a 

 little to the east of Sirsi, and extends through all the heavy forests below 

 Ghats. It is, however, never found in or among villages, except when 

 in deep forest. I have taken nests with eggs in January, February 

 and March, but have always found the nests diflficult to find, ajid con- 

 sidering how common the bird is, the number of eggs I have taken is 

 disappointing. The nests are in very similar situations, and the eggs 

 similar to those of X, hcemacephala, though I think the shells are 

 generally stronger. 



1022. CoRACiAS INDICA, Linn. 

 The Indian roller is very common in the cold weather, everywhere 

 along the coast. It, however, leaves the coast completely about March. 

 Above Ghats it is nowhere common, but a few breed in Supa, Sirsi, 

 Yellapur and Halyal in March and April. 



1024. CORACIAS GAERULA, Linn. 

 I shot a single specimen of this bird in November, 1893, at Majali, 

 five miles north of Karwar. I have never seen the bird again. 

 1026. Merops viridis, Linn. 

 Very common in the cold weather, and till March below the 

 Ghats. It probably breeds there in the end of March and April, but 

 I have no record to that efi'ect, and I have not noticed it in Karwar 



