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on one or two occasions about Belgaum, where it occurs only 

 I believe as a straggler in the migratory seasons. 



721.— Euspiza melanocephala, Scop. The Black- 

 headed Corn Bunting 1 . 



Cold weather visitant. Common in the plains portion of the 

 region in all of the cultivated districts. 



722.— Euspiza luteola, Sparrm. The Red-headed 

 Corn Bunting. 



Cold weather visitant. Mr. Fairbank procured it sparingly 

 in the Nagar districts, and I found it common about Belgaum 

 in company with the last species, so that it occurs probably 

 wherever there is cultivation throughout the plains portion 

 of the region, though it has not been observed as yet in 

 Ratnagiri, nor is it recorded in Messrs. Davidson and 

 Wenden's list of Deccan species. Mr. Elliot found it abundant 

 about Dharwar. 



724.— Melophus melanicterus, Gm. The Crested 

 Black Bunting. 



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Probably a permanent resident. Mr. Fairbank remarks, 

 "sparsely scattered on the sides of the Sahyadris and alono- the 

 spurs that extend into the'Deccan." I observed it also alono- 

 the base of the hills, west of Poona, but have no record of its 

 occurrence in any other portion of the region, though Colonel 

 Sykes obtained it also in the Deccan on rocky and bushy 

 mountains. 



738.— Carpodacus erythrinus, JPall The Common 

 Rose-Finch. 



Cold weather visitant. Common along the Sahyadri rano-e 

 as far north as Khandala, but outside of the forest tract less 

 numerous. Mr. Vidal has obtained it in Ratnagiri, and I o-ot 

 it in Belgaum, one or two early arrivals being in breeding 

 plumage. It is not included in Messrs. Wenden and David^ 

 son's list of Deccan species. 



? 742.— Propasser rhodochrous, Vig. The Pink- 

 browed Rose Finch. 



Cold weather visitant. Extremely rare, if it occurs at all 

 which is almost incredible. Major Lloyd, indeed, records it in 

 his general Konkan list from Matheran, but there is no other 

 record, I believe, of its occurrence throughout the region. 



