302 ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH, 
270.—Graucalus macii,* Lesson. The Large Cuckoo 
Shrike. ' 
This species was common all through the district from 
November to May. During June it was very common in 
Dhulia, being then, as it was at the other times, in families. 
It disappeared from the beginning of July till October, and I 
suppose bred in the Satpuras, 
276.—Pericrocotus peregrinus,* Zin. The Small 
Minivet. 
Permanent resident. Common everywhere, breeding in July 
and August round Dhulia. 
277.—Pericrocotus erythropygius,* Jerd. The 
White-bellied Minivet. 
Permanent resident. This is the Common Minivet of the 
district, and I noticed it all through the Satpuras, in Nandurbar, 
Nizampur, &c., during the hot and cold weather. During the 
rains I noticed it once or twice about Dhulia, but though there 
are many thousand acres of scrub around War and Gundoor, 
which I searched thoroughly for Nightjars, I found none of 
these birds breeding. I however happened to be staying a few 
days at Arvee in the extreme south of Dhulia, and found this 
bird breeding there in considerable numbers. This was in 
the end of August (26th to 31st), and I was rather late, most 
of the nests containing young, and in some cases the young 
were able to fly. I however found eight nests with eggs, (most 
of them very hard set). All the nests which are small and less 
ornamented than those of peregrinus were placed from three 
to four feet from the ground in a small common thorny scrub. 
They were all placed in low thin jungle, and never where the 
jungle was thick and difficult to walk through. A great deal 
of the jungle round Arvee is full of Anjan trees, but none of the 
birds seem to breed in these. 
278.—Buchanga atra,* Herm. The King Crow. 
Permanent resident. Common all through the plains, breed- 
ing abundantly in June. 
280.—Buchanga longicaudata,* Hay. The Long- 
tailed King Crow. 
Probably a permanent resident. Obtained in the Satpuras 
and in Pimpaluir. 
