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304.— Cyornis rubeculoides, Vig. The Blue- 

 throated Redbreast. 



Cold weather visitant. Rare. I obtained a specimen at 

 Belgaum and saw another in the same neighbourhood. Major 

 Lloyd also includes it as a Konkan species, but Mr. Vidal has 

 not met with it in Ratnagiri. I also heard of a specimen being 

 seen at Savantvadi, but have no other record of its occurrence 

 throucrhout the reo-ion, though Jerdon met with it also on the 

 Western Coast. 



306. —Cyornis tickelli, Blyth. Tickell's Blue Red- 

 breast. 



Probably a permanent resident in the forest districts. 

 Common along the Ghats and in the adjacent forests and in 

 Belgaum and Ratnagiri, but in the plains portion of the region, 

 although it does occur in the cold weather, it is somewhat 

 scarce and locally distributed. 



307.— Cyornis ruficaudus, Swains. The Rufous- 

 tailed Elycatcher. 



Cold weather visitant. Rare. Mr. Fairbank mentions it 

 from Nagar, and Mr. Davidson from Sholapur. I have no other 

 record of its occurrence throughout the region. It probably 

 therefore only occurs as a straggler. 



309.— Cyornis pallipes, Jerd. The White-bellied 

 Blue Elycatcher. 



Probably only a cold weather visitant. Rare. Mr. Fairbank 

 procured specimens near Parwar, on the Goa frontier, and 

 Mr. Laird obtained it on the Ghats, west of Belgaum. I have 

 no other record of its occurrence throughout the region. It 

 belongs to the Ghat range. 



310.— Muscicapula superciliaris, Jerd. The White- 

 browed Blue Elycatcher. 



Seasonal visitant, and only occurs as a straggler. Very rare. 

 Mr. Faii'bank obtained a single specimen at Nagar. I have no 

 other record of its occurrence throughout the region. 



323 bis.— Erythrosterna parva, Bechst. The White- 

 tailed Robin Elycatcher. 



Cold weather visitant. Common, as a rule, throughout the 

 region. 



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