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776. Passer domesticus, Linn. 

 The " common " sparrow is a rare bird in Kanara. I once saw 

 three in Karwar, and I have noticed the bird twice at Kumta and 

 once at Ankola. Above Ghats I have seen it in the towns of Halyal, 

 Mundgode and Sirsi. 



799. Emberiza melanocephala, Scop. 

 I saw a good many black-headed buntings at Halyal in the north- 

 east corner of the district in February, 1896. I have not seen the bird 

 elsewhere. 



800. Emberiza luteola, Sparrm. 

 I saw a single specimen of this bird at Halyal in February, 1896. 



804. Chelidon urbica, Linn. 

 I have seen large flocks of this bird at Halyal and along the Goa 

 Railway, near Londa, in May, 1895, and 1 saw a single specimen twelve 

 miles south-east of Halyal in February, 1896. 



809. Cotile sinensis, J. E. Gray. 

 I noticed this bird near Honawar in January, 1889, and 1 also saw a 

 pair in the east of Halyal in February, 1896. 



810. Ptyonoprogne rupestris, Scop. 



I have noticed this bird on the crest of the Ghats at Malemano in 

 December, and at Anshi in March, and I have also seen it at the Gair- 

 soppa Falls in December. 



811. Ptyonoprogne concolor, Sykes. 



This martin is not common in Kanara. I have noticed it at Castle 

 Rock and the Gairsoppa Falls on several occasions in the hot and cold 

 weather, and occasionally at Karwar in the rains. At this place there 

 were never more than two or three, and they flew about Godhalli and 

 the neighbouring peaks. 



813. Hirundo rustica, Linn. 



This swallow I have only noticed along the coast, where it is fairly 

 common from October to February, and at Halyal and Siddapur each 

 on one occasion. 



818. Hirundo smithh, Leach. 



This swallow leaves Karwar in the rains. It is, however, fairly 

 common all over the district in the cold and hot weather. It habitu- 

 ally breeds over water, but I found a nest at Yellapur in March in a 

 " mutt " and with no water for a considerable distance, 



