FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 6§ 



463.— Phyllornis jerdoni, Blyth. 



Kelshi. Mahapral. Murshi. 



Peve. Fanasgaon. Kesurde. 



Ratnagiri. Savant Vadi. 



Common and generally distributed from Coast to Ghats. 



468— Iora tiphia, Lin. 



Both forms, tiphia and zeglonica, are common throughout 

 the tract. Breeds in March and April. 



469.— Irena puella, Lath. 



| Savant Vadi. 

 Very rare. A single specimen was obtained by Mr. Crawford's 

 shikaree at Savant Vadi. 



470-— Oriolus kundoo, Sykes. 



Batnagiri. Mandangad. 



Khed. 

 Savant Vadi. 



Devrukh. 



Found sparingly. Not so common as O. melanocephalus. East 

 of the Ghat range, in Sattara, kundoo is the common species, 

 while melanocephalus is very rarely seen. 



471.— Oriolus indicus, Jerd. 



Very rare. Single specimen obtained, 

 recorded it from Savaut Vadi. 



472.— Oriolus melanocephalus, Lin. 



| Devrukh. 



Dr. Fairbank has also 



Devrukh. 



Very common everywhere, from the Coast to the summit of 

 the Ghats. It is gradually replaced east of the Ghat range 

 by 0. kundoo. This is evidently the species which Mr. Fair- 

 bank (S. F., IV., 259) calls ceylonensis* and states to be found 

 in the Konkan and on the western declivities of the Sahyadri 

 from Khaudala to Goa. 



* The name cktlonensis was applied to the southern form, but the name melano- 

 cephalus was also originally applied to this, though later usually restricted to the 

 northern one. But as a matter of fact, as anyone may prove who takes the trouble to 

 examine a really large series from all parts of the empire, the two forms are not spe- 

 cifically separable, and Capt, Legge's proposed name for the northern form must be 

 suppressed. — Ed., S. F. 



