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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



No, I— BIRDS NOT RECORDED FROM TUAVAXCORE IN THE 

 " FAUNA OP BRITISH INDIA." 



108. Argya subrufa. — The Large Rufous Babbler. 



The southern limit of distribution of this bird may be extended to the 

 hills of Travancore. My collector shot a female and young one fully 

 fledged at Ponraudi at an elevation of about 2,000 feet in April 1895. 



166. Rhopocicula atriceps. The Black-headed Babbler. 



Recorded from the Nilgiris, but not further south. It is found on the hills 

 in Travancore over 2,000 feet. 



313. Micropus phceoeephalus. — The Grey-headed Bulbul. 



The distribution of this bird is said to be " the Western Coast of India 

 from about Aujango in Travancore to the vicinity of Belgaum." I doubt its 

 ever being found near Anjango, which is on the sea coast, where there is no 

 jungle but only coco-palms. It is eminently a bird of the jungles, going 

 about in small parties, and frequenting thick undergrowth in heavy forest. 

 Oates says, '' This appears to be a rare bird," It is not so in Travancore, 

 where it is found in the hills of both the north and south. 



499. Pericrocotus roseus. — The Rosy Minivet. 



" The distribution of this species over the Peninsula of India lias not been 

 ascertained. with any degree of accuracy. Jerdon records it from Malabar 

 and Lord A. Hay appears to have procured it in the hills dividing Tinnevelly 

 from Travancore, as mentioned by Jerdon." I am able to confirm this 

 as I have two specimens, male and female, shot at Ponmudi in January 1894. 



580. Stoparola sordida. — The Dusky-blue Flycatcher. 



This bird is only recorded from Ceylon, where it is said to be a resident up 

 to 2,000 feet. It is not uncommon in the Travancore hills, but is only found 

 at elevations considerably over 2,000 feet. 



581. Stoparola alh'icaudala. — The Nilgiri Blue Fly-catcher, 

 Distribution, "the Nilgiri and Palni hills.'' It is the Fly-catcher most often 



met with at the higher elevations in Travancore. It has a very sweet little 



song. 



691. Petropliila cinclorhyncha,—-T^h.Q Blue-headed Rock Thrush, 

 Distribution " in winter throughout the plains of India as far south as 



Coorg,the Nilgiris, and probably to Cape Comorin."' I may say certainly to 



Cape Comorin,asI have several specimens from ihe hills of South Travancore. 

 761. Carpodaciis crythrhms. — The Common Rose Finch, 

 " A winter visitor to the whole of India, as far south as the Nilgiri hills." 



It also visits tlio high range of North Travancore, but not further south 



than this. 



