292 ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH. 
76bis.—Heteroglaux blewitti,* Hume. The Forest 
Owlet. 
This bird was not discriminated by me, but three specimens 
were included among those of brama sent to Mr Hume. 
From the dates of the specimens I remember very distinctly 
about them. All were shot in the heavy jungle below the 
Satpuras, and all were shot late in the morning sitting alone 
on the tops of thin trees. This being such an extraordinary 
position for brama I shot the birds to make sure, but not having 
specimens of brama to compare them with, stupidly took for 
granted they were only brama. They are not uncommon in 
this dense jungle, and I have repeatedly seen others sitting on 
exposed trees. I do not think they are found in the Akrani 
or higher Satpuras, as I have never seen any Owl of the brama 
type there. f 
77.—Glaucidium radiatum,* Tick. The Jungle 
Owlet. 
I have once or twice noticed this bird during the cold 
weather in Nizampur and Nandurbar, but only as a casual 
visitant. It is a permanent resident in the ghAts in Pimpalnir, 
and is very abundant in the Satpuras and Akrani. It is a late 
breeder. In 1881 I took a great number of its nests in holes 
in moderate-sized trees from 15 to 25 feet from the ground. 
82.—Hirundo rustica,* Lin. The Swallow. 
A common cold weather visitant, but local. 
83.—Hirundo filifera, Steph. The Wire-tailed 
: Swallow. 
Permanent resident. Common throughout the district. 
Breeds along all the rivers and nullahs over water from Feb- 
ruary to May. 
85.—Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes. The Mosque 
Swallow. 
Permanent resident. Common throughout the district. 
Breeds in the rains. 
+ The type of this hitherto very rare species was shot in December 1872 in the 
dense forests of the western portions of the Tributary Mehals (in N. E, 
Peninsular India) by my late lamented friend Mr. F. R, Blewitt. A second 
specimen was procured several years later by my friend Mr. Valentine Ball in Karial, 
still in N. E Peninsular India, but about 150 miles south of where the type was 
procured. No more specimens had been obtained until my friend Mr. Davidson 
obtained the three referred to in the text in N. W. Peninsular India, 660 
miles to the west of where the former specimens had been procured.—Ep., S. F, 
