454 A TENTATIVE LIST OF THE BIRDS 
A Centative Rist of the Birds of Manzeerabad, Mysore. 
By C. J. W. Taytor. 
HAVING now quitted Manzeerabad and Mysore for good, I have 
decided on putting together my notes and sending them for 
publication in STRAY FeEatHERS. I am very little of an 
ornithologist, but no list of the birds of this part of Mysore 
has, so far as I know, yet been published, and it has, therefore, 
occurred to me that a list of those species, obtained by me at 
Manzeerabad and in its neighbourhood during a four years 
residence, might be useful by way of a beginning. The 
numbers prefixed to the species enumerated are those of the 
Tentative List, Vol. VIII, p. 73, et seq. 
2.—Otogyps calvus, Scop. 
Rare. I only once saw this species, and then three were 
feeding in company with Gyps bengalensis on the carcass of 
a donkey. I knocked two over with my stick, but found one 
was all I could take, as I was by myself and had still two 
miles for camp. 
5.—Gyps bengalensis, Gm. 
Very common at all times of the year. 
6.—Neophron ginginianus, Lath. 
Rare on the hill tracts and near the head of the Ghats, but 
common on the plains. 
11.—Falco jugger, J. £. Gr. 
Fairly common in the plains. I have not seen any in the 
hills, being too generally wooded I fancy. 
16.—Falco chiquera, Daud. 
I have only seen some half dozen or so, one of which I shot 
in May 1882. I had just burnt a newly-felled jungle, and as 
is usual there were a number of Coracias indica flying in circles 
over the burning stumps, when I noticed a Red-headed Merlin 
give chase to one of the Rollers. I eventually succeeded in 
bagging both persuer and persued. 
17.—Cerchneis tinnunculus, Lin. 
Fairly common during the cold months, viz., November to 
