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common on the lower slopes, and at the foot of the hills. Jer- 
don’s name of Jungle Owlet is not a particularly happy one, for 
it is not more of a Jungle Owlet* than Carine brama, inhabiting 
similar situations. 1 have seen as many as four or five perched 
on the telegraph wire opposite the bungalow at Seegore. 
It makes its appearance in the evening, a little later than 
brama, and retires, as a rule, earlier, thoughin a very shady 
grove of trees or bamboos. [ have seen it on the move till quite 
late. It feeds on locusts, lizards, &e. 
78.—Glaucidium malabaricum, Bly. The Malabar 
Owlet. 
I enter this species in my list, as I have a bird which, though 
not attaining the depth of rufous tint that the Travancore birds 
as a rule do, yet approaches more closely to that form than to 
radiatum. This specimen was also shot at Seegore. 
816is.—Ninox scutulata. Raf The Southern 
Hawk Owl. 
Nearly every night, while in the Wynaad, and also on the 
Bramagherries, I heard a Ninowx, but unfortunately was unable 
to procure a specimen. I have no doubt, however, that it was 
this small dark race. 
[82.—Hirundo rustica, Zin. The Swallow. 
Occurs throughout the region, though perhaps not ascend- 
ing the hills to any great elevation. Isaw several at the 
foot of the Coonoor Ghat.—A. O: H.] 
83.—Hirundo javanica, Sparrm.. The Brown-bellied 
Swallow. 
A resident species, and very common on the Nilghiris and 
its slopes. They commence to breed about the last week in 
February, building an open cup-shaped nest of mud, thickly 
lined with feathers, and placed against the roof of some deserted 
building cr under some shelving rock. The following are the 
dimensions of a male taken in the flesh :—Length, 5:2 ; expanse, 
11-1, tail, 2:05 ; wing, 4°3; tarsus, 0:36 ; bill from gape, 05. ~ 
85.—Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes. The Mosque 
Swallow. 
This species is also abundant on the Nilghiris, and is a resi- 
dent species breeding in the same situations as the last, but 
* Rut you never get it in any tract of country devoid of jungle, whereas you 
get brama almost in the desert. VideS. F., 1, 164.—Ep., 8, f. 
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