76 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 



69. — Bubo bengalensis, Franklin. 



Common along all the brooks and rivers. Found numerous 

 nests (facing all points of the compass) in November and De- 

 cember. Six was the greatest number of young or eggs ob- 

 served in one nest. All the eggs, with the exception of one, 

 which lay on a bare ledge of rock, were found in naturally 

 formed holes in clay banks. 



72.— Ketupa ceylonensis, Gmel. 



On 14th February, in the Satara Districts, D. shot a hen 

 from a nest which contained an addled egg. We have not ob- 

 served this species in the Sholapoor Districts. 



74.— Scops pennatus, JELodgs. 



Not very uncommon at any season, but chiefly observed in 

 cold and rainy months. 



76.— Carine brama, Term. 



Very common. Breeds January to middle of March. 

 Generally lays four to five eggs, but D. noticed three birds sitting 

 on two eggs in one hole ! 



81.— Ninox lugubris, Tick. 



Rare, but specimens having been obtained both in cold and 

 rainy seasons, it probably breeds about Sholapoor. 



82.— Hirundo rustica, Lin. 



Common in the cold season. 



84.— Hirundo filifera, Stephens. 



Common and breeds. 



85.— Hirundo erythropygia, Syhes. 



Common and breeds. 



86.— Hirundo fluvicola, Jerd. 



Very common. Breeds in great numbers under the Railway 

 arch over the standing water of the Sholapoor tank. 



89.— Ootyle sinensis, Gray. 



Tolerably common. At Sangola it breeds singly, in river 

 banks, in December. On the banks of the Bhima, D. got a 

 single nest with three fresh eggs, in March. 



