382 A TENTATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF 



Belgaum and only in the cold weather. Mr. Laird has also 

 obtained specimens in the Belgaum district. It belongs to 

 the plains portion of the region. 



257.— Lanius erythronotus, Vig. The Indian 

 Rufous-backed Shrike. 



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

 throughout the region, excepting perhaps in the Sholapur 

 district, where Mr. Davidson says it is rare. 



260,— Lanius vittatus, Valenc. The Bay-backed 

 Shrike. 



Permanent resident in many localities. Locally common, 

 especially in the Deccan, but iu some of the southern districts, 

 for instance Ratnagiri, it is comparatively rare. In the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of Belgaum I only observed it in the cold 

 weather, but in the neighbouring jungles it is not uncommon 

 and remains the whole year round. 



261.— Lanius cristatus, Lin. The Brown Shrike. 



Cold weather visitant. Common in Belgaum, but Mr. 

 Fairbank remarks, "rare in the Nagar districts." It is not 

 mentioned by Mr. Vidal from Ratnagiri, neither is it included iu 

 Messrs. Davidson and Weuden's list, so that if it occurs 

 elsewhere within our limits, it is probably rare. 



264.— Tephrodornis sylvicola, Jerd. The Malabar 

 Wood Shrike. 



Not common. Mr. Laird obtained it in the jungles west of 

 Belgaum. Major Lloyd includes it in his list of Konkan 

 species, but I very much doubt its occurrence in the Konkan ; 

 Mr. Vidal has not met with it as yet in Ratnagiri, the only por- 

 tion of Konkan in which it was at all likely to occur, — and I 

 have no other record of its occurrence throughout the region. 



265.— Tephrodornis pondicerianus, Gm. The Com- 

 mon Wood Shrike. 



Permanent resident. Locally not uncommon, and occurs 

 from north to south of the region, but in some districts it is 

 rare, or absent altogether. It is most abundant along the 

 Sahyadri range and in the Konkan. I never observed it about 

 Belgaum. 



