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I have taken many nests, neat slight cups suspended in the forks of 

 what at that season are usually leafless ■ trees, and about fifteen feet from 

 the ground. They contained three eggs of a deep pink thickly blotched 

 with lilac, pink, and brown. The bird breeds in March and April. 

 334. Chaptia aenea, Horsf. 



This drongo is found all over the district, but is not very common. 

 It breeds in March, April, and the beginning of May, forming a neat 

 solid nest at no great distance from the ground, and lays three or four 

 eggs of two very distinct types, one is a warm reddish-brown with 

 markings only faintly darker at the larger end, while the other is a pale 

 whitish-pink with light yellowish-pink blotches. I have never seen 

 this bird at Karwar in the rains, so it is perhaps migratory. 

 335. Chibia hottentota, Linn. 



A winter migrant not very uncommon along the coast from Karwar 

 to Bhutkul from December to February. It seems to be irresistibly 

 attracted to the large red blossoms of the silk cotton tree, and whenever 

 any are present in the neighbourhood can be easily found out by a 

 visit to these in the early mornings. I have once or twice found this 

 bird in the end of February in the east of the district, and I think it was 

 then migrating, and that it crosses India and does not follow the coast 

 to the North. It certainly does not breed within the limits of the district, 

 340. Dissemurus paeadiseus, Linn. 



By far the commonest drongo in the district, and found in abundance 

 in all the forests except the extreme north-east. It breeds from March 

 to May, placing its nest as a rule at a moderate height from the ground, 

 but generally suspended on a thin branch, so that though nests are very 

 easy to find owing to the pugilistic behaviour of the old ones, they are 

 not always easy to take down without breaking the eggs. 



363. Aceocephalus stentoeeus, Hemp. & Ehr. 



Noticed occasionally in the cold weather in the few marshes in the 

 district. I find, however, I have not kept any specimens. 

 366. Aceocephalus dumetoeum, Blyth. 



Also noticed occasionally in the cold weather, both above and below 

 the Ghats. 



374. Oethotomus sutobius, Forst. 



A fairly common bird everywhere, breeding in the rains round 

 Karwar. The nests found there frequently contain eggs of C.passerinus. 



