VICINITY OF KHANDALA, &C. 261 
703.—Munia malabarica—Common. Especially abundant 
in the Ahmednagar district. 
704.—Hstrilda amandava.—Near Mahabaleshwar, rare. 
705.—Lstrilda formosa.—Near Mahabaleshwar, rare. 
706.—Passer indicus.—Every where. 
711.—Passer flavicollis—Found everywhere, but in small 
numbers. 
716.—Emberiza Hutioni.—Everywhere and abundant on 
some Ghats. 
721.—Euspiza melanocephala.—Ahmednagar district. Comes 
in flocks and is very destructive to the grain crops. 
722.—LEuspiza luteola.—An individual is now and then found 
in the Ahmednagar district, particularly in the eastern part of it. 
724.—Melophus melanicterus.—Sparsely scattered on the 
sides of the Sahyadris, and also of the spurs that extend 
into the Dakhan. 
738.— Carpodacus erythrinus.—On both our hills and plains 
in the cold season, but it leaves us just as the plumage acquires 
its roseate flush, in the end of March. 
756.—Mirafra erythroptera.—Ahmednagar district. Among 
bushes and particularly on hill sides. 
758.—Ammomanes phenicura.—In every field in the Dakhan. 
760.—Pyrrhulauda grisea.—In every field in the Dakhan. 
761.—Calandrella brochydactyla.—Abundant in the Ahmed- 
nagar district in the cold season. It lives in large flocks. 
765.—Spizalauda deva.-—The doubts about this species have 
been removed by a comparison of specimens with Colonel Sykes’ 
types. Everywhere in the Dakhan. 
768.—Spizalauda malabarica.—Khandala to Goa, along the 
hills. It is similar to 765 in appearance and habits, but is 
larger, darker in plumage, and has a much longer bill. 
773.—Crocopus chlorigaster—Everywhere, but not very 
abundant. 
775.—Osmotreron malabarica.—Khandala, in the valley 
west of the “ Duke’s Nose.” Jerdon’s description needs to be 
corrected. The wing feathers are edged with white. The tail 
appears all green above when closed, but shows the ashy tips of 
the side feathers when opened. The six middle under-tail 
coverts of the male are cinnamon colored. The rest of them are of 
the same green, ashy, and white mixture as in the female. 
The soft basal part of the billis glaucous green, but the tips 
of both mandibles are ashy. The iris is blue with an outer ring 
of pink or lake-red. Jerdon has made the same mistake, doubt- 
less clerical, in describing the irides of Crocopus phanicopterus. 
The irides of Crocopus chlorigaster at least are smalt blue, 
with an outer circle of carmine. 
