§2 FIRST LIST OF THE EIKPS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 



395k— Spilornis melahotis, Jerd. 



Guhdgar. 



Mandangad. 



Aroli. 

 Vagkotan. 



hth Decemler 1879, Male,— Length, 27 ; wing, 17£. 

 ; !St7i December 1877, Female. — Length, 27 ; expanse, 57 ; 

 wins', 18£; tail, 12; tarsus, 4£ ; mid toe and claw, 2| ; hind 



toe and claw, 



H. 



24th January 1879, Female. — Length, 26 ; wing, 17. 



Cere, orbital skin and legs yellow ; irides orange ; bill 

 bluish, black at tip. 



Common north of Ratnagiri, but less often seen than Limnae- 

 tus cirrhatus. Frequents damp ground, and may often be 

 seen perched on low trees near muddy rice fields, watching 

 for frogs. I have seen sometimes three or four together tbus 

 engaged ; occasionally, but more rarely it is found in the dry 

 uplands and in hill side jungle. 



The only eggs of this species I have, were taken from two 

 nests on the 18th and 20th March. They measure, respectively, 

 2*75 by 2*25, and 2*65 by 2 - 12, and are broad white ovals 

 slightly pointed at the small end, streaked all over with reddish 

 brown, and with a confluent cap of the same shade at the large 

 end. 



40.— Pandion haliaetus, Lin. 



Yijaydurg. | Cliiplun. | 



. Common in the cold weather on the coast, and up the large 

 tidal rivers. 



43.— Haliaetus leucogaster, Gm. 



Bankot. 



Kelshi. 



Ade. 



Anjarle. 



Eamui. 



Dabkol. 



Guhagar. 



Ratnagiri. 



Common throughout the sea board, occasionally strays a few 

 miles inland up the larger creeks, but is most often seen about 

 the fishing villages at the estuaries. 



When once paired, these Eagles make the tree, on which 

 they have built their nest, their permanent head-quarters all 

 the year round, returning to the tree after each foraging trip 

 with great regularity, and using the nest as a larder and 

 a refuse pit for fish and snake bones and other waste food. 

 Once when the young birds of the season had long since left 



