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1117. SuRNicuLUS LUGUBRis, Horsf. 



This bird is a permaueut resident in Kanara, and I do not think very 

 rare, but it is often passed over owing to its similarity to a kingcrow. 

 I do not, as a rule, want to shoot kingcrows, but I have on two occasions 

 shot one of these birds when I intended to kill a Buchanga. It is 

 occasionally seen in Karwar in the rains, and has a fine clear note. I 

 have shot it in various places along the coast and also in the Siddapur 

 taluka. On one occasion (26th May, 1889), I saw three sitting on a 

 huge silk-cotton tree : they were calling shrilly, and spread their wings 

 and tails, showing the white bar distinctly. 



1118. COCCYSTES JACOBINUS, Bodd. 



I have only once obtained this species in Kanara. It was an im- 

 mature specimen shot at Gairsoppa in October, 1893. I remember see- 

 ing another across the river from Karwar in the beginning of the rains. 



1120. EUDYNAMIS HONORATA, Linn. 



Generally distributed all over the district. I have dbtained eggs 

 above Ghats in the month of March from nests of Corvus macrorliyncJiMs. 

 1122. Rhopodytes viridirostris, Jerd. 



Common everywhere, both above and below the Ghats, where there 

 is forest. I have taken several nests about Karwar in the month of 

 August, and in other places (both above and below the Ghats) in x4pril. 

 The nests were, as a rule, built in thick low bushes some three or four 

 feet from the ground, but in one case I found a nest in a very thick 

 bamboo clump in open forest about twenty feet from the ground. The 

 nests are slight, composed of twigs and lined with green leaves. In one 

 case I obtained three eggs, but in all the others there were only two. 



1129. Taccocua leschenaulti. Less. 



This is a very rare bird in Kanara. Aitken obtained a specimen 

 north of Karwar, and I saw one near Honawar in December, 1888, or 

 January, 1889. 



1130. Centropus sinensis, Steph. 



The crow pheasant is generally distributed all over Kanara, and is 

 fairly common every svhere. It breeds in March and April. 

 1133. Centropus bengalensis, Gmel. 



I have never obtained a specimen of this bird, but I saw one at Kumbar- 

 wada in Supa on 1 2th March, 1896, and I feel certain I have also seen it at 

 Anshi. Mr. Aitken also saw it at Castle Rock still furtbernorth in Supa. 



