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FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 



one occasion to see one of these sprightly little tits catch and 

 dispose of a huge hairy caterpillar, tearing it up piecemeal. 



660.— Oorvus macrorhynchus, Wagl 



Guhagar. 



Dapuli. 

 Khed. 



Oppressively common. Divides the land with splendens. 

 Breeds from March to May. 



663 — Corvus splendens, Vieill. 



Guliagar. Mahapral. 



Peve. Dapuli. 



Aroli. 



Sangameshvar. 



More numerous on the whole than macrorhynchus, though 

 in some villages the latter has a monopoly. Has two broods, 

 the first in March and April and the second in November and 

 December. 



674.— Dendrocitta rufa, Scop. 



Kelslii. Palgad. 



Peve. Dapuli. 



Eatnagiri. 



Common about all well-wooded villages from Coast to Ghats. 

 Breeds in April. 



684.— Acridotheres tristis, Lin* 



Palgad. 

 Dapuli. 

 Bajapur. 



Plentiful in certain places, but not nearly so common or so 

 widely distributed asfuscus. 



1th February 1879, Female. — Length, 10 ; wing, 5| ; bill at 

 front, f . Irides brown, with white spots. 



686.— Acridotheres fuscus, Wagl. 



Bankot. 

 Kelshi. 

 Anjanvel. 

 Guliagar. 



Eatnagiri. 



Dapuli. 



Exceedingly common. Breeds in May. The irides of all 

 I have seen were pale slate blue. A male measured :— 

 Length, 9| ; wing, 5 ; tail, 3. 



687.— Sturnia pagodarum, Gm 



Guliagar. 

 Eatnagiri. 

 Malvan. 



Scarce. 



