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 1134. PALyEORNIS EUP ATRIA, Linil. 



I have never managed to shoot this bird in Kanara, so cannot be sure 

 whether it is this form, or, as in Khandesh, P. nipalensis, Hodgs., which 

 is obtained. It is very rare, and I have only seen the bird twice. They 

 were both in the south of the district. On the 18th December, 1889, I 

 saw a pair at Siddapur in tbe large evergreen grove on the Bunwasi 

 road, and again on the 30th December, 1895, 1 saw a single bird at 

 Kodkani flying over the Gairsoppa falls. 



1138. Pal-eornis torqtjatus, Bodd. 



By no means a common bird in Kanara. A few may be found along 

 the coast from near Karwjir to Bhutkul, being commoner about 

 Gokern and Honawar. The bird is also moderately common about 

 Halyal and in the east of the district as far west as Sirsi. I have found 

 it breeding in February along the coast. 



1139. Pal^ornis gyanocbphalus, Linn. 



By far the commonest parroquet in Kanara, being found everywhere 

 from north to south and east to west. It breeds abundantly in 

 February and March. 



1143. Pal.eornis columboides, Vig. 



Common through all the thicker forests in Kanara, both above and 

 below the Ghats, becoming scarce towards the east, and absent from 

 the extreme east of Mundgode and Halyal. It breeds in February 

 and March generally in a hole in the top of a pollard tree adjoining 

 thick forest. The eggs vary in size, but are very similar to those of 

 P. torquatus. 



1150. LORTCULTJS VERNALIS, Blyth. 



A permanent resident, but shy and silent and would be frequently 

 overlooked if it was not for its pretty little cry as it flies off from 

 some thick tree. I have found it everywhere except in the extreme 

 east of the district. I have taken a good many of its nests ; all were 

 in supari palms left dead in the gardens, and they were in holes in the 

 rotten wood. The eggs are very round and glossless and much dis- 

 coloured by the rotten wood ; they vary from two to four in number. 

 1152. Strix flammea, Linn. 



The only specimen of this owl I have ever seen in Kanara was sent 

 to roe alive from the light-house opposite Karwar. It flow into this 

 during the rains of 1889. 



