FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN, 29 

 List of Species. 



2 — Otogyps calvus, Scop. 



Ratnagiri. 

 Malvan. 



Rare. Dr. Armstrong got a specimen from Ratnagiri, and 

 I Lave one from Malvan. 



4. # — Gyps indicus,t Scop. 



Common, especially in the large coast villages ; but I have 

 found no breeding places in the district. 



5.*— Pseudogyps bengalensis, Gm. 



The common Vulture of the South Konkan breeds from 

 October to January. Nests are usually found in mango or silk 

 cotton (Bombax malabaricum) trees. As a rule not more than 

 one nest is seen on each tree, but I once found within a few 

 feet of each other on the same tree a nest of this species and 

 of Neophron ginginianus. - 



6.*— Neophron ginginianus, Lath. 



Rather scarce, both on the coast and inland. I have seldom 

 seen more than one pair in any , one place below the Ghats. 

 Above the Ghats in Sattara it is, I think, the commonest of all 

 the Vultures. The only two nests I have found in this district 

 contained two young ones each in January j and were both 

 built in forks of mango trees. 



8.— Falco peregrinus, Gm. 



Suvamdurg Fort. J Gotne. 



Vijaydurg. 



Rare. Its favourite haunts are the perpendicular scarps of 

 the Sahyadris, and the ruined island forta on the coast. 



16.— Falco chiquera, Baud. 



Ratnagiri. 



The only pair I have yet seen in the district were shot at 

 Ratnagiri in October 1878. The species is common in the 

 Deccan plains, but doesn't appear to descend below the Ghats, 

 except on rare occasions. 



17.— Cerchneis tinnunculus, Lin. 



Ratnagiri. I Palgad. 



Malvan. | Savant Vadi. 



f The species here referred to is most likely to be Gyps pallescens, No. 4 bis, of ther 

 Tentative List, Unfortunately no specimens have been sent for identification. — En,, 

 S.F. 



