472 A FEW ADDITIONAL NOTES ON 
234.—Cinnyris asiatica, Lath. 
Pittur valley, but I should think rare there. 
239.—Diceum concolor, Jerd. 
Kodikanal. Frequents the black Acacia trees largely, 
253.—Dendrophila frontalis, Horsf. 
A common bird near the large sholas ; frequently saw small 
flocks of four or five. 
255.—Upupa ceylonensis, Reich. 
Saw it everywhere in small numbers. 
257bis.—Lanius caniceps, B/y. 
A most common bird, to be found everywhere, and breeding 
freely. I obtained about forty eggs. I found but little variation 
in the nests, but the eggs, though always much the same 
as to shape and color, differed a good deal in size and marking. 
Some I have are so much larger than others that were I to put 
the two extremes together without the intervening sizes one 
could hardly believe them to belong to the same species ; some 
are marked only at the top, others all over, and one has all 
its spots nearly all at the small end. 
267.—Hemipus picatus, Sykes. 
Pittur valley. I had anest brought me, which, from the 
description of the bird, must, I think, have belonged to this 
species. Nest, rather a shallow cup, placedin a thorny tree 
about ten feet from the ground, neatly made of grass and moss, 
lined with fine grass and a few feathers, covered a great deal 
on the outside with dusky-colored cobwebs 2°5 inches across and 
1:5 inch deep inside and 3:25 inches to 3°5 inches across and 
2-25 inches deep outside; contained five very much incubated 
eggs. Shape and marking exactly like L. cuniceps, having a 
well defined zone round the larger end; size about the same or 
rather smaller than P. bicolor. 
270.—Graucalus macii, Less. 
Pittur valley. <A rare bird, 
°72.—Pericrocotus flammeus. 
Not uncommon in the Pittur valley and on the slopes below | 
Pittur. : 
