TEE DECCAN AND SOUTH MAHRATTA COUNTRY. 387 



south about Belgaum, whence I procured specimens, but it is 

 decidedly uncommon. 



193 bis.— Megaleema inornata, Wald. The West- 

 era Green Barbet. 



Permanent resident on the Ghats. Not uncommon along the 

 whole of the Sabyadri range as far north as Khandala. 



# 194.— Megalaema viridis, Bodd. The Small Green 

 Barbet. 



Permanent resident. Common all along* the Sahyadri range 

 as far north, at all events, as Khandala; and in most of the 

 forest tracts adjoining. It is one of the commonest birds in 

 Belgaum. I noticed it occasionally also at Satara. 



197.— Xantholaema haemacephala, P. L. S. Mull. 

 The Crimson-breasted Barbet or Copper- 

 smith. 



Permanent resident. Common, as a rule, throughout the 

 region. 



198.— Xantholaema malabarica, Blyth. The Crim- 

 son-throated Barbet. 



Rare. Mr. Laird obtained it in the forests west of Belgaum 

 and Mr. Fairbank records it from Savantvadi. Major Lloyd 

 incredible as it seems, includes it also as a Konkan species ; but 

 Mr. Vidal has not as yet obtained it in Ratnagiri. I have no 

 other record of its occurrence in the region. 



199. — Cuculus canorus, Lin. The European 

 Cuckoo. 



Cold weather visitant. Uucommon. Colonel Sykes procured 

 it in the Deccan, and Messrs. Davidson and Wenden also 

 include it in their list of Deccan species with the remark, 

 " occurs sparingly during the rains and cold weather," but no 

 other collectors appear to have met with it. I wrote to Mr. 

 Davidson about this bird to make sure of the species, and he 

 replied that he had observed it several times in the Deccan, but 

 had never shot a specimen, being satisfied b}' the call it uttered 

 ,(" cuckoo") that it was canorus. 



* Major I>loyd proposed to separate the Small Green Barbet of Western India under 

 the name of M.syJcesi (S. F., I., 419), but Mr. Hume has shown (S. F., IV., 391) 

 that this proposal is untenable. — E.A.B. 



