264 LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE 
939.—Platalea leucorodia.—Dakhan. 
940.—Anastomus oscitans.— Dakhan. 
941.— Threskiornis melanocephalus.—Dakhan. 
942.—Geronticus papillosus.—Dakhan. 
944.—Phenicopterus roseus.—Sometimes visits the larger 
collections of water in the Dakhan and the salt pans in Bombay. 
952.—Dendrocygua arcuata.—Observed at Mahabaleshwar. 
953.—Dendrocygua  major.—Obtained a pair once near 
Ahmednagar, but I have seen them on no other occasion. 
954.— Casarca rutila—Dakhan through the cold season, in 
pairs along on larger rivers. 
957.—Spatula elypeata.—Dakhan. 
959.—Anas pecilorhyncha.—Dakhan. 
960.—dAnas caryophyllacea.—One rose from a tank close by 
me, so that I am sure of its identity, though I did not bag it. 
961.—Anas streperus.—Dakhan. 
964.— Anas creccea.—Dakhan. 
965.—Anas circia.—Dakhan. 
967.—Branta rujina.—Dakhan. 
975.—Podiceps philippensis.—In all lakes and large tanks. 
985.—Sterna seena.—Along Dakhan rivers. 
1007.— C'raculus pygmeus.—Along Dakhan rivers. 
1008.—Plotus melanogaster.—Along Dakhan rivers. 
I have omitted some names of birds that I think I have ob- 
tained, because they were not carefully examined at the time, 
and their not having been found for several years, casts some 
doubt on the old identification. 
There are 313 species in this list. Of these some reside in 
all parts of the district under examination. Some reside in 
restricted localities, and so deserve particular enumeration. 
The following 28 species belong to the Malabar region. The 
title is used in a wide sense, to include the whole strip of land 
between the Sahyadri mountains and the Arabian sea. Really 
the Malabar Coast does not extend half way from Cape Comorin 
to Bombay. But the conditions of climate and food are so 
similar from Cape Comorin to Surat, that the region had better 
be regarded as one and in fact many of the following birds are 
likely to be found throughout the strip, and to some extent up 
the similar Coromandel Coast, and are not found elsewhere in 
the Peninsula :— 
32.—Neopus malayensis. 
115.—Harpactes fasciatus. 
119.—Merops Swinhoei. 
140.—Dichoceros cavatus. 
141.—Aydrocissa coronata. 
145.—Tockus griseus. 
