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irom January to April, making its nest as a rule in the tops of the 

 pollard trees about fifteen feet from the ground. 



Carphoga aenea, Linn. (Hume's Cat., No. 780.) 



Well distributed over the central portion of the district as far north 

 as Yellapur and as far east as Sirsi. It is also found commonly below 

 the Ghats among the hills from Kutgol to Sunksal, and I have seen 

 numbers in Febraary iu the Arbail Ghat. As a rule, however, it avoids 

 the ridge of the Ghats. I obtained an egg at Siddapur in February, 

 1889, and I took two nests on the 12th and 13th March at Tyagli in 

 Sirsi. The nests were in a pollarded tree iu evergreen " betta," and 

 were one twenty and the other twenty-five feet from the ground. The 

 nests were slight and composed of thin twigs, and there was of course 

 only one egg in each nest. I have had other eggs brought to me. 

 Carpophaqa cuprea, Jerd. (Hume's Cat., No. 781, bis.) 



This fruit pigeon, which has no metallic green back and is larger, is 

 not so generally distributed as C. aenea. It is as a rule restricted to the 

 face of the Ghats from Gairsoppa to Anshi. I have noticed it also 

 about Kutgul, but never-any distance from the crest of the Ghats 

 inwards. While on the wing this species much resembles the last, but 

 its note is quite distinct, and somewhat resembles the cry of the com- 

 mon Kanara monkey. It breeds in February, and I have obtained 

 eggs at Devimane, and on the edge of the Ghat near Manchikeri. The 

 egg is very similar- to that of C. aenea. 



Palumbus ELPHiNSTONii, Sjkes. (Hume's Cat., No. 780.) 



This pigeon is rare and I believe restricted to the north-west corner 



of Supa. I have only come across the bird at Juggulbet and between 



Anshi and Kumbharwada in May. Mr. Aitken however informs me 



it is more common further north about Digi on the Portuguese frontier. 



CoLUMBA intermedia, Strickl. (Hume's Cat., No. 788.) 



The Indian blue-rock is very common at the Gairsoppa falls, where 

 hundreds breed on the cliffs and afford capital shooting. They are 

 also found on some of the islands along the coast and at Halyal. 

 TuRTUR MEENA, Sykcs. (Hume's Cat., No. 793.) 



The large Indian turtle dove identified by me as the form ineena, 

 is common above Ghats from November to April. I also once saw a 

 small flock near Ankola. I once started one out of a thick small tree, 

 and ibund in it a pigeon's nest with one egg v/hicli may have belonged 



