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436. — Argya malcolmi, SyJces. The Large Grey 

 .Babbler. 



Permanent resident. Common in the Deccan, but does not 

 occur along the Ghats. I have noticed it occasionally in the 

 Belgaum district, but in the southern portion of the region it 

 is scarce. Mr. Fairbank thinks that the Ghatprabha river, 

 about 20 miles north of Belgaum, separates this species from 

 M. griseus, but this cannot be the case, as Jerdon mentions it 

 from much further south, Mysore and the Nilgiris. 



437.— Layardia subrufa, Jerd. The Bufous Bab- 

 bler. 



Occurs sparingly along the Sahyadri range. Rare. Mr. Laird 

 pi*ocured it on the hills west of Belgaum, and Mr. Fairbank 

 obtained a specimen at Talmet near Mahableshwar. It is also, 

 doubtless, included in Major Lloyd's list of Konkan species, but 

 Mr. Vidalhas not observed it in Ratnagiri, again the only part 

 of the Konkan in which it was likely to occur. 



438.— Chatarrhsea caudata, Bum. The Striated 

 Bush-Babbler. 



Permanent resident. Common in the Deccan, but rare or 

 absent in some localities in the southern portion of the region. 

 I have observed it occasionally along the Dharwar road seven 

 or eight miles south of Belgaum, and in one or two other places 

 about Belgaum, but it does not appear to occur in the forest 

 tracts to the west or in Ratnaffiri. 



442.— Schcenicola platyurus, Jerd. The Broad- 

 tailed Reed Bird. 



Probably only a seasonal visitant. Very rare. I found five 

 or six pairs at Belgaum breeding in September in long grass by 

 the side of rice fields, and obtained some good specimens. 



446.— Hypsipetes ganesa, Sykes. The Ghat Black 

 Bulbul. 



Permanent resident. Rare. Occurs sparingly along the 

 Sahyadri range as far north as Mahableshwar, being most 

 abundant along the Goa frontier. Mr. Vidal obtained it at the 

 foot of the hills in Ratnagiri and at Savantvadi, and Mr. 

 Fairbank at Mahableshwar. Colonel Sykes also obtained it 

 along the Western Ghats. 



