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BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



LIST op BIRDS Collected by Captain F. BAB1NGTON PE1LE 



in Cashmebb during the Summer op 1887, and presented by hjm 



TO THE 



BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Jerdon'8 

 No. 



Scientific Name. 



English Name. 



121 

 125 

 134 bis. 

 150 

 154 



199 



254. 

 273 

 280 

 298 

 353 



441 



470 



483 

 505 

 665 

 667 



672 



748 

 792 

 *04 

 808 

 901 

 911 

 937 

 98 4 



Merops apiaster, Lin ., 



Coraeias garrula, Lin 



Alcedo ispida, Lin 



Palseornis schisticeps, Ilodgs 

 Picus himalayanus, Jard „.. 



Cuculus canorus, Lin 



Upupa epops, Lin 



Perierocotus brevirostris Vig. ... 

 Buchanga longicaudatus, Hay. 



Muscipeta paradisi, Lin 



Petrophila chiclorhynchus, Vig. 



Hypsipetes psaroides, Vig 



Oriolus kundoo, Sykes 



Pratincola iudicus, £ly 



Rhyacomis fuliginosus, Vig 



Corvns monedula, Lin 



Nucifraga multipunctata, Gould, 



Urocissa flavirostris, Bly. 



Calacanthis burtoni, Gould. ... 



Turtur Pulchratus, Ilodgs 



Lophophorus impey alius, Lath. 



Pucrasia macrolopha, Less 



Hydrophasiamis Chirurgus, Scop 



Porzana fusca, Lin 



Nycticorax griseus. Lin 



Hydrochelidon hybrida,P«ZZ ... 



The European Bee-eater ... 



The European Roller 



The European King-fisher 



The Slaty-headed Paroquet. 



The Himalayan Pied Wood- 

 pecker. 



The Cuckoo 



The European Hoopee 



The Short-billed Minivet ... 



The Long-tailed King-Crow, 



The Paradise Flycatcher ... 



The Blue-headed Chat 

 Thrush. 



The Himalayan Black Bul- 

 bul. 



The Indian Oriole 



The Indian Stonechat .. 



The Plumbous Water-Robin 



The Jackdaw 



The Many-6potted Nutcrac- 

 ker. 



The Yellow-billed Blue 

 Magpie. 



The Crimson-browed Fiuch. 



The Turtle Dove 



The Monaul 



The Puckrass 



The Pheasant-tailed Jacana 



The Ruddy Rail 



The Night Heron 



The Marah Tern 



No. of 

 Speci- 

 mens. 



THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF THE BOMBAY 

 PRESIDENCY. 

 By H. M. Phipson, C.M.Z.S., Hon. Sec. 

 {Read at the Society's Meeting on 5th September 1887.) 

 A fortnight ago one of our local newspapers stated that there 

 were not more than three, or perhaps four, poisonous snakes in the 

 Bombay Presidency. I felt that we ought not to allow such a state- 

 ment to pass unchallenged, especially as our own collection furnished 

 evidence that nine poisonous snakes, at least, are to be found in the 

 Presidency, and that, according to the greatest authority on the 

 subject, Dr. Gunther, a tenth, which we have not as yet obtained, is 



