82 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 



the end of April and May, and although I have not found 

 their nests believe them to be permanent residents. 



852.— Chettusia gregaria, Pall. 



Batnagiri. | 



A young' male, wanting the black on the breast. One of a 

 party of three was shot on the table land above the Batnagiri 

 station, on the 31st October 1878, by Mr. Crawford's shikaree. 

 I have not seen it elsewhere in the district. 



855.— Lobivanellus indicus, Bodd. 



856.— Lobipluvia malabarica, Bodd. 



Kelshi. , I Fanasgaon. 



Batnagiri. 



Scarce. A pair is now and then seen on the dry laterite table 

 lands near the Coast, and on the plains of the central tracts, 

 but one may travel many miles without seeing the species. 



859.— CSdicnemus scolopax, S. G. Gm. 



Batnagiri. Dha.ma.pur. 



Bare. For many 3 ? ears I had never once seen or heard of 

 this species in the district, and should have been prepared to 

 assert confidently that it did not occur. But in bird collecting 

 unexpected discoveries are always being made. Last year Mr. 

 Crawford's shikaree shot a single bird, the only one he saw, 

 on the rocky table land above the Batnagiri station, at the 

 latter end of the monsoon. This year 1 came across three or 

 four pairs on a bare rocky plateau on the outskirts of a dense 

 jungle which flanks one side of a large tank at Dhamdpur, in 

 the south of the district. 



860.— Strepsilas interpres, Lin. 



Malvan. | I 



I have only come across the turnstone as yet on one occa- 

 sion. Out of a small party of four or five my shikaree got a 

 single specimen at Malvan in April 1880. 



