376 AVIFAUNA OF CHOTA NAGPUK 



■ Accipiter virgatus probably occurs too, and other species might 

 be added. 



I am not quite satisfied as to the occurrence of all the species 

 of the Caprimulgidce which will be found enumerated ; but the 

 species are given by others whose authority I do not venture 

 to dispute. 



I do not anticipate many additions to other families until 

 We come to the Sylviadce ; the list as regards them is, I feel 

 certain, imperfect. 



As regards the Motacillince and Alaudince. some modification 

 Of the list will probably become necessary. Among the Gralla- 

 tores and Laridce additions will I expect be made hereafter. 



It is by no means improbable that from 25 to 30 species 

 may have to be added before the list of Chota Nagpur birds 

 can be considered to be complete. 



I have not given any of the names by which the birds 

 enumerated are known locally to the natives. Both Colonel Tickell 

 and Captain Beavan published lists. Some years ago* I took 

 up the subject from a philological point of view, the result of 

 my enquiries being that I found that the names are used very 

 locally, and that branches of the same races of aborigines, 

 having closely allied languages, do not, in many cases, use 

 even similar names for wild animals, although the domesticated 

 animals bear names which, if not absolutely identical, are clearly 

 derived from the same root. 



This being the case, and as I have nothing now to add to 

 what has already been published, I do not think any good object 

 would be attained by encumbering the following pages with 

 names which are only current through very limited areas. 



VULTURIM] . 



1.— Otogyps calvus, Scop. (2.f) 



The Black Vulture is not uncommon in Chota Nagpur, but 

 I have rarely observed more than one pair at a time. 



2.— Gyps Bengalensis, Gm. (5.) 



1. There is, I believe, another species of Gyps in Chota 

 Nagpur, but as I have never identified it, I cannot insert it in 

 ibis list. 



* J. A. S. B., Vol. XL., Pt. 1, 1871, p. 103. 



+ The numbers in brackets are those of the " Birds of India." 



