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common in the north than in the south. In fact in many of 

 the southern districts, for instance, Ratnagiri, Belgaum, &c, 

 it only occurs as a straggler. 



213. — Coccystes coromandus, Lin. The Red-wing- 

 ed Crested Cuckoo. 



Very rare. Mr. Vidal obtained a single specimen at Savant- 

 vadi, the only instance I know of its occurrence within the 

 region. 



214. — Eudynamis honorata, Lin. The Indian Koel. 



Permanent resident in some districts. Locally common 

 thi'oughout the region, especially in Belgaum, Ratnagiri, &c, 

 where it is very abundant. 



216.— Rhopodytes viridirostris, Jerd. The Small 

 Green-billed Malkoha. 



Permanent resident. Locally not uncommon. Occurs in 

 the jungles about Belgaum, in Ratnagiri, and about Nulwar, 

 where Mr. Davidson found a nest containing two eggs, in July. 

 1 have no record of its occurrence in the northern portion of 

 the region. 



217. — Centrococcyx rufipennis, III. The Common 

 Coucal or Crow-Pheasant. 



Permanent resident. Common throughout the region. 



219.— Taccocua leschenaulti, Less. The Southern 

 Sirkeer. 



Rare in the south-western portion of the region. Mr. Vidal 

 obtained a few specimens and eggs in Ratnagiri, and I have 

 heard of its occurrence in the Belgaum district, about Nulwar, 

 Satara, and other localities in the northern portion of the 

 region, where it is not uncommon, and a permanent resident. 

 Jerdon also records it from the Deccan. Mr. Fairbank men- 

 tions T. affinis, Blyth, in his list of Mahratti species, and also 

 in his list of birds collected in the vicinity of Khandala, Nagar, 

 &c. ; but he does not include the present species, probably only 

 one species occurs. Jerdon also implies in his remarks that 

 the birds he procured at Jalna, in the Deccan, were probably 

 affinis, and Mr. Hume has shown that affinis and leschenaulti 

 are not separable. 



224. — Arachnothera longirostra, Lath. The Little 

 Spider-hunter. 



Rare. Mr. Laird obtained specimens in the forests west of 

 Belgaum. I have heard of no other instance of its occurrence 



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