FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 53 



Rare. The specimens, with the exception of one I got at 

 Ratnagiri, were all got by Dr. Armstrong. I have not seen 

 the species north of Ratnagiri. 



179.— Micropternus gularis, Jerd. 



Peve. I Mandansad. 



Guhagar. I Savant Vadi. I 



I obtained in 1878, at Mandangad, at the extreme north 

 of the district, a single specimen (female), which I sent to 

 Mr. Hume as gularis, and which he passed as such without com- 

 ment. In 1879 I sent three specimens (one male and two 

 females) from Guhagar and PeV£, thirty miles south. These, 

 Mr. Hume said, were intermediate between gularis and phce- 

 oceps, but nearer the former. On comparing the Mandangad 

 specimen again with one from Peve, which most nearly 

 approximates to gularis, I find that the throat feathers of the 

 former are slightly darker, but the difference is barely per- 

 ceptible. This species also appears, therefore, to be inter- 

 mediate and not typical gularis. To settle the point a large 

 series of skins is necessary, but unfortunately the bird is 

 decidedly scarce. It may prove ultimately that gularis is not 

 a good species. 



Mandangad, 1st May 1878, Female :— Length, 9| ; wing, 5 ; 

 tail, 2|. 



[Two specimens obtained by Dr. Armstrong in the Ratnagiri 

 district are, like those mentioned above, far from typical, having 

 the gular stripe very light colored, the feathers scarcely darker 

 than those of the breast. But 1 have already (S. F., V., 472 et 

 seq.) shown that the species of this genus vary greatly from 

 district to district, and we must, I think, accept the Ratnagiri 

 birds as gularis. — A. O. H.] 



181.— Brachypternus puncticollis, Malh. 



Palgad. 



Dapuli. 



Chiplun. 



Aroli. 



Nivli. 



Lanje. 



Rajapur. 



Guhagar. 

 Ratnagiri. 



Mai van. 



Savant Vadi. 



The commonest Woodpecker in the district, and generally 

 distributed. These birds are true puncticollis, and were de- 

 scribed by Mr. Hume as the most typical birds of the species 

 he had seen. 



