52 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 



151 — Palseomis columboides, Vig. 



\ | Bavda. 



Appears to be restricted to the Sahyadri forests, and the 

 western slopes of the Ghats. Dr. Armstrong procured it at 

 Bavda, and it is tolerably common near Mahableshwar. 



153.— Loriculus vernalis, Sparrm. 



Ratnagiri. Dapuli. 



Rajapur. 

 Savant Vadi. 



Plentiful here and there both on the Coast and inland, but 

 rather locally distributed. 



160.— Picus mahrattensis, Lath. 



Kasarde. 



Generally distributed, but rather scarce. This, says Mr. 

 Hume, is the darker breasted West Coast race. 



9th March 1878, Male. — Length, 7|; wing, 4; bill at front, 

 f . Irides red. 



[This is another species, the depth of colouration of which 

 varies all over the country according to the comparative average 

 humidity of the locality. Comparing some of the richest and 

 feeblest colored, they might well be considered distinct species. 

 —A. 0. H.] 



164.— Yungipicus nanus, Vig. 



| Savant Vadi. | Bavda, 2,000 feet. 



Restricted to the Ghats and the heavy forests at the base, 

 such as Savant Vadi. 



[I identified these specimens, only a little further south. Y. 

 gymnopthalmus occurs on the Ghats, and I had expected to find 

 this species, and not nanus, in Ratnagiri. — A. O. H.] 



166.*— Chrysocolaptes sultaneus, Hodgs. 



Ratnagiri. | I 



One or two specimens were got by Dr. Armstrong at or near 

 Ratnagiri. I have not yet met with the species. 



[This is not at all likely to be sultaneus ; it will most proba- 

 bly prove to be strictus, Horsf. (=delesserti, Malh. apudauct.) 

 vide S. F., VIII., 154.— A. 0. H.] 



167.— Chrysocolaptes festivus, Bodd. 



Ratnagiri. Vaghotan. I Kasarde. 



I Fanaegaon. 



