266 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF 



1*15 ; bill at front, 0*80 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 

 358; weight, 2*37 ozs. Bill black; legs light plumbeous; irides 

 brown ; ovaries partly enlarged. 



Very common during the rains, at the close of which they 

 leave the district. The first bird of the season I saw on the 

 15th May. Cultivated and grassy plains with small trees and 

 bushes scattered about are their favorite resorts. 



214— Eudynamys honorata, Lin. 



19th May 1878, Female.— Length, 16*0 ; expanse, 23-25; 

 wing, 7*25; tail from vent, 7*4£ ; tarsus, 1-25 ; bill from 

 gape, 1*57 ; bill at front, 1*09 ; closed wings fall short of end 

 of tail, 4*16 ; weight, 7*12 ozs. Irides crimson ; bill pea green ; 

 legs slaty blue. 



23rd May 1878, Jkale. — Irides smoky ; legs plumbeous ; 

 bill black ; terminal half of lower mandible pale dusky. A 

 young bird shot while in company with two crows ; mouth, 

 inside pinkish. 



Very common, and a permanent resident. In my factory 

 compound were several large Ficus, Casuarina and different 

 fruit trees, which from March to May seemed to be alive with 

 them. Every day I used to shoot a couple for a young Bubo 

 coromandus I had, but still they came ; they are very fond 

 of fruit. 



217 quat.— Centrococcyx intermedius, Hume. 



Slst January 1878, Male. — Length, 17*0; expanse, 23*50; 

 wing, 7*50; tail from vent, 9*0 ; tarsus, 2*25 ; bill from gape, 

 1*67; bill at front, 1*25; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 5*25. Irides crimson. 



15^7* June, Male. — Length, 18*50; wing, 7*75; tail from 

 vent, 9*25; tarsus, 2*25; bill from gape, 1*70; bill at front, 

 1*25 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 5*58. Irides blood 

 red ; legs and bill black ; soles of feet dirty white. 



Common, and a permanent resident ; breeds in July and 

 August, though I have failed to get their eggs. These birds have 

 a habit of calling at night. When one commences to call all 

 that are within earshot follow suit. 



218.— Centrococcyx bengalensis, Gmel. 



18th May 1878, Male.— Length, 13*50 ; expanse, 17*0; wing, 

 5*75 ; tail from vent, 7*25 ; tarsus, 1*50 ; bill from gape, 

 1*16; bill at front, 0*89; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 4*25 ; weight, 2*87 ozs. Bill black ; irides red brown ; legs 

 plumbeous ; eyelids bluish grey. 



