The birds of north kanara. el 



1254. Falco PEREGRiNUS, Tuustall. 



A few peregrines visit the district from November to February. 

 I have seen them only on the coast and about the tanks in the north- 

 east of the district. 



1255. Falco peregrinator, Sundev. 



A pair of these falcons kept about the Gairsoppa falls at Christmas, 

 1893. I also saw a female at Sirsi on 1st May, 1889, and a male at 

 Ankola on the 2nd June of the same year. 



1262. Erythropus amurensis, Gurney. 



This pretty little falcon appears in some years in immense scattered 

 flocks in November and December. All seen have been along the 

 coast, and the years 1891 and 1895 were years of great abundance, 

 though I saw a pair in 1893. As a rule they do not show till the 

 evening, when one after another appears and flies over and over the 

 rice fields catching moths and beetles. They fly very fast, and continue 

 flying till it is almost too dark to shoot. 



1265. TiNNUNcuLUs ALAUDARius, Linn. 



The kestrel visits Kanara both above and below Ghats from Nov- 

 ember to March, but it is not common and avoids all the thick forests. 

 I have seen none on the cliffs in April and May, at the time they were 

 breeding in fair numbers in the Nassic districts further north, and I 

 do not think any remain in Kanara to breed. 



Crocopus chlorigaster, Blyth. (Hume's Cat., No. 773.) 



This pigeon is not common in Kanani, but a few are found through 

 the up-Ghat portion of the district towards the east and north. I 

 have also noticed them below the Ghats at Agsar and Kudra. I have, 

 above Ghats, taken their eggs from February to Mav. 



OsMOTRERON BiciNCTA, Jerd. (Hume's Cat., No. 774.) 



This pigeon is very local in Kanara and I have only seen it at a few 

 places along the coast from Ankola as far south as Murdeshwar. Its 

 cry is a hoarse one and not like the musical notes of C. cldorigaster and 

 0. malabarica. It Ijreeds in February and March. I have seen more 

 in the neighbourhood of Mirzan than in any other place. 



OsMOTRERON MALABARICA, Jerd. (Hume's Cat., No. 775.) 



This is the common green pigeon of Kanara, and is found in numbers 

 from the coast to about as far ea^t as Birchia. It is rare in the east 

 of Sirsi, and 1 have not seen it in Mundgode or Haljal. It breeds 



