404 A LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED AND 



(?) Kodaikanal, 2£th May. — Length, 10*0; wing, 4*8; ex- 

 pause, 140; tail, 4'0; tarsus, 1*35 ; bill from gape, 1*25; 

 weight, 3 oz. 



389— Alcippe poiocephala, Jerd. 



Observed in wooded ravines on the bill sides. When at the 

 Palanis before I collected some specimens and found that they 

 differed somewhat from those I had collected at Mahabaleshwar. 

 .But on comparing a larger series it appeared that the differences 

 were not constant or essential. 



[* 398.— Dumetia albogularis, Blyth. 



A nestling from the Lower Palanis obtained in June. — 

 Ed., S. F.] 



899.— Pellorneum ruficeps, Suds. 



I heard the merry notes which I know well of this Laughing 

 Babbler frequently, but did not succeed in gettinp- a sight of the 

 bird. 



404.— Pomatorhinus horsfieldii, Sykes. 



This bird did not seem abundant on the hills in June, judging 

 from the infrequency of its bell-like calls. I intended to 

 procure a series of this species, but the only one I could get 

 a shot at, escaped our search. It was in the Kodaikanal. 



* 424 Ms.— Trochalopteron fairbanki, Blanford y 



(described, S. P. ill., 413.) 



When I found this bird in 1867, thinking that a bird so 

 common as it is above 5,000 feet on the Palanis, must have been 

 known to Dr. Jerdon, and so that his description of T. jerdoni 

 must be at fault in some particulars as his description T. 

 caclrinnans is, I called it T. jerdoni. But Mr. Blauford on 

 seeing the specimens was sure that it was not T. jerdoni and he 

 described it.* It is abundant at the Sanitarium, and though 

 its calls are of great variety and vivacity and do much to 

 enliven the quiet place, the bird is not liked. It is too fond 

 of peaches and raspberries. It is so strong on its legs, that one 

 generally fails to recover those shot in the grove uuless they are 

 so filled with shot or torn as to be poor for skinning. It is 

 necessary to shoot several, in order to secure a nice specimen. 



* I am not aware whether it has ever yet been compared with true Jerdoni, 

 & species I have not as yet obtained. — Ed., S. F. 



