72 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 



701.— Amadina striata, Lin. 



EVlslii. I Dapuli. 



Katnagiri. I Dliamapur. 



Common everywhere in gardens and jungles. I have found 

 numbers of old nests used as roosting places, but have never 

 succeeded in getting any eggs. 



703.— Amadina malabarica, Lin. 



| Falgad. | 



Scarce. I found a nest on the 20th January 1879 in hill 

 side jungle in a ber (Zizyphus jvjuba) tree. The nest, a 

 round globe, was made externally of very dirty coarse grass, 

 with a very small opening at the top on one side. The nest 

 inside was also shabby, but the lining was of finer grass, and 

 for ornament there were a few Green Paroquets' feathers. Two 

 old birds were sitting on four eggs. I got one bird, and while 

 I was waiting for the other to return a lizard got into the nest, 

 and within five minutes succeeded in destroying three of the 

 eggs, breaking two and making away with a third. 



706.— Passer domesticus, Linn. 



Bankot. 



Katnagiri. 



Comparatively scarce, though found in most of the larger 

 towns and villages. A considerable colony inhabits the old 

 island fort of Suvamdurg, breeding in holes in the walls far 

 away from the haunts of man. 



711.— Grymnoris flavicollis, Frankl. 



Katnagiri. P«lgad. 



Rajapur. 

 Khed. I 



Seen in small flocks in the cold weather, but not common. 

 I don't think it is a permanent resident. 



721. — Euspiza melanocephala, Scop. 



| Khed. | 



A rare and uncertain cold-weather visitant. 



738.— Carpodacus erythrinus, Pall. 



| Cuiplun. | 



A pair were obtained at Chiplun in the cold weather. I 

 have not seen it elsewhere in the district. 



758.— Ammomanes phsenicura, Franhl 



Peve. I Dapuli. 



