FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 59 



276.— Pericrocotus perigrinus, Lin. 



Kelshi. I Khed. i 



Ratnagiri. Savant Vadi. 



Malvan. ' 



Common everywhere. 



[This is the richly colored form which occurs in all humid 

 regions, strangely different from the pale races of the semi-de- 

 sert tracts. See also S. F., V., 179.— A. O. H.] 



278. — Buchanga atra, Herm. 



Peve. Mahnpral. 



Ratnagiri. 



Abundant. Breeds in May. 



280.— Buchanga longicaudata, Hay. 



Ratnngiri. I Khed. 



Very common about all well-wooded villages from Coast to 

 Ghats.* 



281.— Buchanga caerulescens, Lin. 



I Savant Vadi. 



Very common in the Savant Vadi jungles. I have not yet 

 found it in the Ratnagiri district, but Dr. Armstrong had a 

 specimen which he got somewhere between Ratnagiri and 

 Savant Vadi. 



282.— Chaptia senea, Vieill. 



I Savant Vadi. J Bavda. 



Very rare. Not observed elsewhere in the district. 



285.— Dissemurus paradiseus, Lin. 



Vengorla. I Savant Vadi. 



Three Males. — Length, 22 to 25 (to end of outer tail feathers) ; 

 wing, 6 to 6§ ; tail to end of middle feathers, 6 to 6| ; tail 

 to end of outer feathers, 14 to 18. 



Three Females. — Length, 22 to 24; wing, 6 to 6| ; tail to end 

 of middle feathers, 6 to 6| ; to end of outer feather, 14 to 16. 



Does not extend north of Savant Vadi, where it is rather 

 common. A nest was found in the first week of April. 



286.— Chibia hottentotta, Lin. 



I Savant Vadi. 



Four Females.— Length, 11 to 12 ; wing, 6£ to 6f ; tail, 5 to 

 5f ; bill at front, 1£; tarsus, 1. 



