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to the Ratnagiri station and its immediate neighbourhood, 

 and I am uuable to say whether they are permanent residents 

 or not. 



826.— Perdicula asiatica, Lath. 



Durga Vadi. 



Very common in hillside scrub throughout the district ; 

 appears to replace P. argoondah entirely. Comes down from 

 the hill sides to drink and feed in the stubbles on the banks 

 of streams at sunset. I found a nest with two fresh egga 

 on the 17th January 1879. The eggs were much pointed 

 at one end. These are of a pale cafe au lait tint. Dwarf 

 Partridges roost, huddled together in the open, but generally 

 close to some bush. Natives, after marking them down for 

 the night, return after dark with a lantern, and by throwing 

 a net over the place frequently secure a whole covey. 



[These Ratnagiri specimens are most richly and deeply tint- 

 ed, presenting a striking contrast to those procured in the dry 

 regions of the N. W. Provinces. — A. O. H.] 



832.— Turnix taigoor, Syhes. 



Guhagar. Palgad. 



Malvan. | Kbed. 



Not very common, but is occasionally flushed in crops and 

 thin hillside scrub. 



835.— Turnix dussumieri, Tern. 



| Khed. j 



Scarce. Probably only a cold-weather visitant. 



839.— Sypheotides aurita, Lath. 



ILavel. 

 Chiplun. 



Florikin rarely pass the Ghat barrier which divides the 

 Konkan from the Deccan. In seven seasons spent in the 

 Ratnagiri district I have only seen two birds at the places 

 indicated. One was flushed while beating for Quail out of a crop 

 of pulse, and the other in long rank grass. I have also heard 

 of one having been obtained at Dapuli. 



840.— Cursorius coromandelicus, Gm. 



Guhagar. 

 Ratnngiri. 



Scarce. Restricted, as far as my observation goes, to the bare 

 laterite plateaus which stretch for about ten or twelve miles 

 inland from the Coast. 



