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Ratnagiri, but how much further north I don't know. It is 

 common in the Kanara jungles. 



144.— -Ocyceros birostris, Scop. The Common 

 Grey Hornbill. 



Entered in Messrs. Davidson and Wenden's list of Deccan 

 species as " moderately numerous in suitable localities." 

 Neither Mr. Vidal, Mr. Laird, or myself, have ever met with it. 

 Mr. Davidson has lately written to me to say that the speci- 

 mens referred to in his paper were procured about Satara, and 

 that he believes he identified them correctly, and that the species 

 is common in Khandesh. 



145.— Tockus griseus, lath. The Jungle Grey 

 Hornbill. 



Permanent resident. Obtained by Mr. Fairbank and myself 

 in the jungles below the reversing station at Khandala. Also 

 obtained at Savantvadi and in the forests west of Belgaum ; it 

 doubtless therefore occurs sparingly all along the Sahyadri 

 range, though as yet Mr. Vidal has not met with it in Ratna- 

 giri. 



148.— Palaeafnis torquatus, Bodd. The Rose-ring- 

 ed Parroquet. 



Permanent resideut in most localities. Common, as a rule, 

 throughout the region. 



149.— Palseornis purpureus, P. L. S. Mull The 

 Western Rose-headed Parroquet. 



Permanent resident in some localities ; but most of them 

 retire to the Ghats in the hot weather to breed. Common all 

 along the Sahyadri range and in the adjacent forests, and in 

 the rains and cold weather common iu most districts through- 

 out the region. 



151— Palseornis columboides, Vig. The Blue- 

 winged Parroquet. 



Probably a permanent resident. Not uncommon along the 

 whole Sahyadri range, and extends certainly as far north as 

 Khandala, where I obtained specimens. It is particularly 

 common on the Ghats west of Belgaum. 



15S — Loriculus vernalis, Sparrm. The Indian 

 Lorikeet. 



Cold weather visitant. This is another forest-loving species 

 that occurs along the Sahyadri range, at all events, as far 



