6(5 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 



475.— Copsychus saularis, Lin. 



Kelshi. I Dapuli. 



ltutnagiri. I Khed. 



Very common throughout. Breeds in May and June. One 

 nest I found with four eggs in the hole of a tree was lined 

 profusely with the dry leaves of the Casuarina tree. 



476.— Cercotrichas macrura, Gm. 



I Kajapur. 

 J Savant Vadi. 



Rare. Seen also at Devrukh under the Ghats. Not found 

 near the Coast, hut I have seen so few that I cannot determine 

 its exact distribution within the district. 



479.— Thamnobia fulicata, Lin. 



Bnnkot. Khed. 



Kelshi. 



Peve. 



Guhagar. 



llatnugiri. 



Common everywhere on the bare and rocky hill sides 

 and about villages. Breeds in March and April, in crevices 

 between the boulders, or rocky hill sides. 



481.— Pratincola capratus, Lin. 



Peve. [ Khed. f 



I Savant Vadi. ' 



Very common inland, and under the Ghats in scrub-clad hill 

 Bides. Less common on the Coast. Breeds in April. 



483.— Pratincola indicus, Bly. 



Ratnagiri. Palgnd. 



Dapuli. 

 Khed. 

 Fanasgaon. 



Common in the cold weather in open country. 



497.— Ruticilla rufiventris, Vieill. 



I Palgnd 

 I Chiplun. 



A cold weather visitant, and decidedly rare in the South 

 Koukan. 



507.— Larvivora superciliaris, Jerd. 



| | Gotne. 



A single specimen obtained in the Ghat juugles by Mr. 

 Crawford's shikaree. 



