50 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KoNKAN. 



cherry. I can find no other record of its occurrence on the 

 West Coast. 



18th January 1880, Female. — Wing, 4| ; tail, 3| ; bill, 1\. 



Bill red ; irides brown ; legs and feet red with dusky bars. 



132.— Halcyon chloris, JBodd. 



Kelshi._ _ 

 . Eatnagiri. 



Hitherto obtained only at the places named, though I have 

 seen it on the Vashishti river, midway between the two 

 (vide S. F., VII., 168, and VIII., 414). At both places I found 

 it scarce. It frequents the thick mangrove swamps which 

 fringe the estuaries of the creeks, and feeds at low tide on the 

 mud flats. 



134.— Alcedo bengalensis, G<m. 



Eatnagiri. J Ehed. 



Exceedingly abundant everywhere, and more especially so on 

 the tidal creeks. 



136.— Ceryle rudis, Lin. 



Eatnagiri. I Khed. 



Common throughout, but appears, as a rule, to prefer fresh 

 to tidal waters. 



140.— Dichoceros cavatus, Shaw. 



II Devrukh. 

 I Manbet. 



6th November 1879, Male.-— Length, 50; wing, 20; tail, 17 ; 

 tarsus, 3 ; bill from gape (straight) , 9 £ ; perpendicular height of 

 casque and bill, 4 ; length of casque, 6^ ; breadth of casque, 

 3| ; from base of casque to tip of bill, 14. Irides, deep crimson ; 

 legs and feet fleshy grey. 



Found along the base and on the slopes of the Sahyadri 

 range, extending as far north as Khed, north latitude, 17°45', 

 where in years gone by I have shot it, and probably much 

 further. Although not often seen far from the Ghats, it 

 occasionally strays towards the Coast, and I have on several 

 occasions seen it at Dapuli, within five or six miles of the sea. 

 At Devrukh I saw a great number feeding on ripe banyan 

 berries, and I once shot one with a snake, a young d ham an 

 (Pty as mucosus) in its mouth. I have found no nests, but 

 have been told that it breeds at Poladpur, in the Kolaba dis- 

 trict, twenty miles north of Khed. 



