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1239. BuTEO FEKOx, S. G. Gmel. 



I have perhaps on half-a-dozen occasions seen this bird ; they have 

 all been between November and April, and have been either on the 

 coast or in the east of the district. 



1244. AsTUR DADIUS; Gmel. (Syst. Nat.) 



Generally distributed through the district, but by no means 

 common. I have taken nests in March and April. I have no 

 recollection or record of having seen it at Karwar in the 

 rains. 



1246. LopHOSPiziAS TRiviRGATUs, Temm. 



Thia fine bird is not common in Kauara. It is, however, a perma- 

 nent resident in all the forests above Ghats from the extreme north to 

 the south of Siddapur. I once saw in the distance on the river below 

 Gairsoppa a bird, I believe, to have been this, but except this doubtful 

 cage I have never seen it bolow the Ghats. In 1893, I obtained 

 three nests ; the first was on the 7th April at Sampkund in the Sirsi 

 taluka, and the nest was high up on a tall, almost branchless tree in 

 the large evergreen " kan." It was a dreadful tree to climb and I 

 was much surprised to find a man casuallj' passing willing and able to 

 climb it. The second was on the 15th April in a village near Man- 

 chikeri in the Yellapur taluka. This was about 40 feet up a leafless 

 tree outside a " kan " of very tall trees. A villager brought me the 

 eggs, and hours afterwards when I went to the spot, the hen was 

 sittiDg on the empty nest, and refused to leave it till many stones had 

 been thrown at her. The nest was a massive structure of sticks, and, 

 the man said, was not lined with leaves. The third nest was at Birchia 

 in Supa, and was in bamboo jungle on a branchless tree about forty 

 feet from the ground, and quite unapproachable if a tall bamboo had 

 not crossed the tree close to the nest. It was found on the 8th May, 

 Each nest contained two eggs, but in that of the 8th May, the eggs 

 contained dead and rotten young birds which ought to have been 

 hatched at a much earlier date. 



1249. Pernis cristatus, Cuv. 



To my surprise I have always found the honey buzzard rare in 

 Kanara, and I have seen no signs of its In-eeding. 1 have noticed 

 odd specimens from December to May both above aufl below the 

 Ghats. 



