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1184, Glaucidium radiatum, Tick. 

 This is a common owl throughout the district wherever there is 

 forest. I have taken eggs from February to April in many places. 

 A pair used to breed every year in a hole in a small cocoanut tree in 

 front of the Forest bungalow at Kudra. 



1187. NiNOX SCUTULATA, Raff. 

 This owl is, I think, by no means very uncommon throughout 

 Kanara, but is very shy and does not como out till it is almost quite 

 dark. In the breeding season it is a very noisy bird with a clear cry, 

 which can be heard for miles. It is generally uttered by both birds 

 together, and resembles " coo ooo, coo, ooo, coo ooo," repeated very 

 fast. It is a denizen of thick jungle generally on the hills. The 

 birds flit about like nightjars. I have never taken eggs in Kanara, 

 but they must breed in March as proved by dissecting specimens shot. 

 ]189. Pandion HALiAETUS, Linn. 

 Noticed occasionally on the coast, and also on the large rivers below 

 the Ghats. I have only noticed it between October and February. 

 1191. Otogyps ualvus, Scop. 

 Noticed occasionally at all seasons in all parts of the district. It must 

 be a permanent resident, but in Kanara I have never come on a nest. 

 1194. Gyps indicus, Scop. 

 Noticed on a very few occasions in various parts of the district, but 

 on only one occasion were there more than two or three together. 

 There are many suitable cliffs in the district, but only once have I 

 seen the bird apparently breeding. This was on the 30th December, 

 1893, and a puir kept entering a sort of hollow in the cliff half way 

 down below the bungalow on the British side of the Gairsoppa falls. 

 With a glass I could discover what looked like a nest, but, of course, in 

 a quite unapproachable situation. 



1196. PsEUDOGYPs BENGALENsis, Gm. (Syst. Nat.) 

 This vulture is very common everywhere in Kanara. It breeds in 

 December and January, sometimes singly and sometimes several to- 

 gether in the forest. I have seen hundreds of nests. 



1197. Neophron giNginianus, Lath. 

 Moderately common along the east of the district, where it breeds 

 in February. Occurs also as a straggler along the coast occasionally 

 at Honawar and Kumta, and I once saw it at Nilkuud on the edge of 



