LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. 42] 
pretty correctly. I had, however, heard that there were no 
Blacks in that part of the country, so subsequently concluded 
that these must be Painted Partridges, and remarked to a friend 
of mine how very similar the calls of the two birds were. 
He acquiesced in this, but remarked that the Painted Partridge 
left out the single preliminary note, with which the Black 
commences his call. Some time after, when after these birds, 
I listened very attentively, and I found that the bird occasion- 
ally omitted this first note, but as often as not, sounded it, 
while in other respects the calls seemed identical. I shot about 
three brace of Painters that morning, and not a single Black 
was flushed,—-in fact, I believe they are never seen there. It is 
impossible, as you say, to represent the call on paper, but the 
“‘ beats’’ of the call seem to me something like this 
=e ee ee ON 
eyes ot PETE = SSS es SS eee ————— 
SS SS eS SS SS See 
I do not mean that these notes played on apiano will give you 
the least idea of the call as far as the sound goes, but ina 
certain way expresses the time or cadence of the notes. Iam 
afraid I have troubled you with a long letter on a somewhat 
unimportant subject. I have only to add that should there be 
any birds in this part of the country whose skins you happen 
to want, I shall be very happy to try and get them for you. 
F, Monrresor, 
5th Bengal Cavalry. 
BAREILLy, September 28th, 1882. 
SIR 
Last year my friend, Mr. A. T. Crawford, while on 
a short shooting excursion in North Kanara, got a small 
collection of birds numbering 24 species. The majority of 
these are common, but there were a few species of some 
interest amongst them, and as nothing has ever, I believe, been 
published about the ornithology of the North Kanara 
jungles, I thought it might be useful to send you the list. 1 am 
sorry I could not also send you the skins for verification, 
especially the one I discriminated as Lanius caniceps. I 
examined them, however, as carefuily as I could, and I do not 
think I can have made any mistakes. 
I sent you this same list about a year ago, but it appears 
never to have reached you. I have now added one or two notes. 
G.. Vinar 
Broacs, 10th October 1882. 
