56 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONK AN. 



217— Centrococcyx rufipennis, III. 



Kelshi. I Dapuli I Devrukh. 



Peve. | Khed. 



Common. " True rufipennis" writes Mr. Hume, " with 

 the black interscapulary region." 



219.— Taccocua leschenaulti, Less. 



Peve. I Maniangad. j Durga Vadi. 



Malvan. 



1st May 1878, Female. — Length, 17£; wing, 6; tail, 9; 

 tarsus, 1^. Irides brown. 



Rare. Found in hill side jungle. I obtained a nest with a 

 single fresh egg on the 8th April. The nest, a thick loose cup 

 of sticks and leaves, was in a fork of a jambul {Eugenia jam- 

 bolana) tree, about 12 feet from the ground. The egg cavity, 

 about six inches in diameter, and very slightly depressed, was 

 profusely lined with green jambul leaves. The egg is a dull 

 glossless white oval. 



The specimens obtained at Peve and Malvan were found 

 some five or six miles inland. 



226.— iEthopyga vigorsi, SyJces. 



Distributed from the Ghats to the gardens on the Coast, but 

 scarce. 



232.— Cinnyris zeylonica, Lin. 



Kelshi. I Mahapral. 



Peve. | Palgad. 



Gnhagar. 



Batnagiri. 



Malvan. 



Common and generally distributed. Nests found with eggs 

 in January, March, April and September. 



233.— Cinnyris minima, SyJces. 



| Savant Vadi. | Bavda. 



Found sparingly on the western slopes of the Ghats. Com- 

 mon in the Savant Vddi forests. 



234.— Cinnyris asiatica, Lath. 



