FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 55 



203. — Cuculus micropterus, Gould. 



A single specimen obtained at Ratnagiri in October. 



205. — Hierococcyx varius, Vahl. 



| Savant Vadi. | Devrukh. 



Rare. 



208.— Cacomantes passerinus, Vahl. 



Vengorla. 



21st February 1880, Male. — Length, 8£ ; wing, 4§ ; tarsus, 

 | ; tail, 4^ ; bill at front, § ; from gape, 1. Irides red ; legs 

 and feet brownish yellow ; bill black, red at gape ; under tail 

 coverts ashy, almost concolorous with breast, but slightly paler. 



2bth February 1880, Female. — Length, 8£ ; wing, 4-^ ; tail, 

 4 § ; tarsus, f ; bill from gape nearly 1 inch ; at front, f. 

 Soft parts as in the male. This specimen had the under tail 

 coverts pure white. 



Only two specimens obtained. 



212.— Coccystes jacobinus, Bodd. 



I Devrukh. 

 Rare. Has been seen also at Dapuli and on the summit of 

 the Amba Ghat in the Kolapur district. 



213.— Coccystes coromandus, Lin. 



I Savant Vadf. 



A single specimen procured. 



2nd January 1880, Male. — Wing, Q\ ; tail, 9. 



214.— Eudynamys honorata, Lin. 



Ratnagiri. I Dapuli. 



Malvan. I Khed. 



Common in well-wooded tracts from Coast to Ghats. 



216.— Rhopodytes viridirostris, Jerd. 



Malvan. | | 



24th January 1880, Male. — Length, 16 ; wing, 5£ ; tail, 9£ ; 

 tarsus, 1^ ; bill at front, 1. Bill green ; orbital skin pale 

 whitish blue ; irides red ; legs and feet dark green. 



Rare. I found a few pairs in thin bush jungle on a hill side 

 near Malvan, on the Coast. Not observed elsewhere. The 

 female is rather smaller, the wings measuring from 5 ; 5 6 to 5£ 

 inches. 



