3800 ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH. 
220.—Taccocua sirkee,* Gray. The Bengal Sirkeer. 
Permanent resident. Common throughout the Satpuras, and 
in Pimpalnir, and seen occasionally in all parts where there is 
any scrub jungle. I was not fortunate enough to find any 
nests. 
232.—Cinnyris zeylonica,* Lin. The Amethyst- 
rumped Honeysucker. 
A scarce straggler. One immature specimen obtained at 
Dhulia in May. 
234.—Cinnyris asiatica,* Lath. The Purple 
Honeysucker. 
Permanent resident. Common all over the district. Breeds 
in March, April and late in February. 
238.—Diceum erythrorhynchus,* Lath. Tickell’s 
F lowerpecker. 
Probably a permanent resident. Rare, and only observed by 
me in Nizampur and Pimpalnir, <e., the extreme south-west 
of the district. A nest just finished was found by me at 
Pimpalnir in the beginning of February. 
246.—Salpornis spilonotus,* Frankl. The Spotted 
Gray Creeper. 
A pair were obtained by me at Dhulia in October 1880. 
They were also noticed by me in January at the Kondabhari 
Ghat, and were not at all uncommon all along the lower and 
higher Satpuras and the plainjungle below them, so much so 
that I frequently saw three or four pairs in an ordinary morn- 
ing’s stroll through the jungle. I found no nests. 
250.—Sitta castaneoventris,* Frankl. The Chestnut- 
bellied Nuthatch. 
Probably a permanent resident. Fairly common in the 
Satpuras from November to May. It was abundant in the 
Akrani in April, and was no doubt breeding, as in that month 
I fired at a small bird on the top of a rotten tree, and on the 
report one of this species flew out of some hole pretty high 
up. The bird did not return, and the Bheels could not find the 
hole, so, as I could not climb the tree myself, I was forced to 
leave it. 
254.—Upupa epops,* Lin. The Hoopoe. 
Cold weather visitant. Common throughout the district. 
