THE BIRDS OF NORTH KANARA. Tl. 



Anastocus oscitans, Bodd. (Hume's Cat., No. 940.) 

 I saw a single shell-eater at the tank in Halyal on 30th April, 1895. 



Inocotis papillosus, Tern. (Hume's Cat., No. 942.) 

 I have seen this species in the Sirsi taluka in the months of Febru- 

 ary and April. 



Falcinellus igneus, S. G. Gmel. (Hume's Cat., No. 943.) 

 I saw a single specimen of this bird near Siddapur on the 7tli Jan- 

 uary, 1894. 



Phcenicopterus ANTiQUORDM. (Hume's Cat., No. 944.) 

 A large flock of immature birds came in October, 1893, to the 

 neighbourhood of Karwar. They alighted on the shore and were so 

 fatigued that several were captured alive, being unable to rise again. 

 This is the only instance of the occurrence of the flamingo in Kanara 

 I have ever heard of. 



Nettopus coromandelianus, Gm. (Hume's Cat., No. 951.) 

 Common on all the tanks above Ghats ; I have only seen it in the 

 cold and hot weather, but it no doubt breeds there in the rains. 

 Dendeocygna javanica, Horsf. (Hume's Cat., No. 952.) 

 Common on all the tanks above Ghats and also in places along the 

 coast. It no doubt breeds both above and below Ghats in the rains. 

 Spatula clypeata, Linn. (Hume's Cat., No. 957.) 

 I saw a single specimen of this duck on the Hebatti tank (Sirsi) on 

 fhe 18th March, 1889, and three others on the Murkwad tank near 

 Halyal on the 9th February, 189G. 



Anas pcecilorhyncha, Forst. (Hume's Cat., No. 959.) 

 Noticed once or twice on the tanks in the east of Sirsi and Mund- 

 gode ; probably a permanent resident there. 



Chaulelasmus streperus, Linn. (Hume's Cat., No. 961.) 

 I have only twice seen Gadwall in Kanara ; a small flock on the 

 Murkwad tank (Halyal) in February, 1896, and a single bird near 

 Mundgode in March, 1895. 



Dafila acuta, Linn. (Hume's Cat., No. 962.) 

 I saw five pintail at Honawar in November, 1889, and a single bird 

 at Halyal among a flock of teal on 9th February, 1896. 



Mareca PENELOPE, Linn. (Hum«'s Cat., No. 963.) 

 I saw a single wigeon at Karwar in September, 1889, und a small 

 flock on the sea outside the bar at Honawar in December of that year. 



