28 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONEAN. 



philippinus, Jlhopodytes viridirostris, Dendrophila frontalis, Disse- 

 munis paradiseus, Chihia hottentotta, and Irena puella, to which 

 may be added Harpactes fasciatus, Merops swinhoii, Xantho- 

 Icema malabarica, recorded by Mr. Fairbank from Savant 

 Vadi.— (S. F., IV., pp 254, 255.) # 



Conversely there are many species entered in the list, which, 

 although comparatively common from Ratnagiri northwards, 

 have not yet been recorded from the south of the tract. This 

 is in great part due, no doubt, to the meagreness of oar collec- 

 tions from the south as compared with those made in the 

 north. It is, however, possible that some of these species reach 

 their southern limit, somewhere in the northern half of the tract. 



With these remarks, which I fear will have tired out all 

 possible readers long ere they have reached the end, I will 

 now go on with the list of species found, and will only add 

 in conclusion, the saving clause or declaration invariably attach- 

 ed to official bills, " errors and omissions excepted." 



Key to places entered in the map from north to south. 



Seaboaeu. Cesteal island Ghat Range. 



Headlands bare and 

 rocky. Bays fringed be- 

 tween cliffs and sea with 

 dense gardens of cocoa 

 and betel palms. Estu- 

 aries bordered with mud 

 flats, salt marshes, and 

 thick mangrove swamps. 

 At the summit of the 

 cliffs rugged and bare 

 hills, and rocky plateaus. 

 Valleys deeply cut and 

 more or less tree covered. 

 Cultivation in most part 

 restricted to valleya and 

 alluvial deposits on bonks 

 of tidal rivers. 



Baokot. 



Eelshi: 



Ade. 



Anjarle. 



Harnai'. 



Suvamdurg Fort. 



Dabhol. 



AnjanveT. 



Pe\e\ 6 miles inland. 



Guhdgar. • 



Pdche"ri, 6 miles inland. 



Ratnagiri. 



Vijaydurg. 



Devgad. 



Mdlvan. 



Tengorla. 



Cbbtbal island 

 Belt. 



Hill sides bare or clad 

 with thin scrub and pol- 

 larded trees, except in 

 Savant Vadi, where the 

 forests are strictly con- 

 served. Valleya fairly 

 wooded and village sites 

 everywhere well shaded 

 with mango, jack, 

 tamarind, banyan, pipal, 

 cashewnut and other 

 trees. Country more un- 

 dulating than near the 

 coast, and less rocky. 



Mohapral. 



Mandangad. 



Palgad. 



Dhamni. 



Dapuli. 



Ehed., 



Lavel. • 



Chiplun. 



Aroli. 



Sangameshvar. 



Vandri. 



Tvivli. 



Xanje. 



Rajapur. 



Vagbotan. 



From base to water- 

 shed. Country broken up 

 by countless spurs and 

 deep ravines. Jungle 

 thick and evergreen on 

 sheltered slopes, and in 

 the valleys, thin on the 

 sides exposed to the S. W 

 monsoon. 



Durga Vadi. 



Gotne. 



Devrukh. 



Murshi. 



Bavda. 



Manbefc. 



Easarde. 



Phonda. 



Dajipur. 



Eankavli. 

 Phamapur. 

 Savant Vadi. 



