54 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN: 



193fo's.— Megalsema inornata, Wald. 



Guhagar. I NMi. 



Eatnagiri. | Kajapur. 



Found in well-wooded villages on the Coast, but perhaps 

 more common inland and at the foot of the Ghats. 



194.— Megalsema viridis, Bodd. 



| | Devrukh. 



1th November 1879, Male. — Length, 9 ; wing, 4 ; bill at front, f . 



Our only specimens as yet have been got from Devrukh, 

 a well-wooded village at the foot of the Ghats, where it is 

 common, but it no doubt ranges all down the Ghat line. 



197— Xantholsema hsemacephala, Mull. 



Kelshi. I Khed. 



Eatnagiri. f Savant Vadi. j 



Abundant everywhere. Breeds in February. 



198.*— Megalaema malabarica, Bly. 



| Savant Vadi. 



Recorded from the Savant Vadi forests by Mr. Fairbank 

 (S.F., IV., 255). I failed to obtain any specimens. 



201.— Cuculus poliocephalus, Lath. 



J I Devrukh. 



5tk November 1879, Male. — Young bird. Length, 9f ; 

 wings, 5 1 ; tail, 5 ; bill at front, f ; bill from gape, nearly 1 ; 

 tarsus, |. Irides brown ; orbits, legs and feet yellow ; bill 

 black, pale below ; yellow at gape ; wings reach to within 

 two inches of tail. 



A single specimen obtained. Does not entirely correspond 

 with Jerdon's description. There is no trace of a green gloss. 

 The outer tail feathers have white spots on both webs. The 

 chin, throat and breast are spotted with white, ashy and 

 rusty, and the head is spotted with white, but possibly I have 

 not discriminated the species correctly. 



[It is a young bird and an indifferent specimen, but I believe 

 it has been correctly identified. — A. O. H.] 



202.— Cuculus sonnerati, Lath. 



Malvan. I 



Vengorla. 



2lst February 1880, Female. — Length, 9| ; wing, 4| ; 

 tarsus, | ; tail, 4£ ; bill at front, | ; from gape, 1£. 

 Irides brown ; legs greenish grey ; bill dusky ; tail feathers 

 not tipped with white ; orbits grey. 



Single specimen obtained at each of the localities noted. 



