THE BIRDS OF NORTH KANARA. 679 



995. Hemicercus Canente, Less. 



This funny little bird I have noticed occasionally above and below 

 Ghats. It is very partial to bamboo jungles, and walks all over the 

 branches instead of, like most other wood-peckers, keeping to the trunk. 

 I never took a nest myself, but Mr. Aitken obtained an egg taken from 

 a hole near Castle Rook on the 10th January. 



997. Thriponax hodgsoni, Jerd. 



This noisy bird is common in the large teak forests of Yellapur and 

 Halyal, and is seen occasionally in all the denser forests above Ghats 

 and below. I have never taken a nest, but a shooting party in the 

 Halyal taluk a at Christmas, 1895, obtained one. They shot the hen as 

 she was looking out of the nest, and with the same shot I am told broke 

 both the eggs. Two eggs brought to me at Sirsi belonged, I have 

 little doubt, to this species ; but not being able to start with the finder 

 at once, I sent him off with orders to return them to the nest and to 

 come back for me next morning. He never appeared again, and I 

 could not find him to make further enquiries. 



1001. PlCDMNUS INNOMINATUS, Burton. 



I only once came across this little bird. This was at Sumpkund 

 near the centre of the Sirsi taluka. There were a pair, and they were 

 hopping about on some thin branches below some high trees, and I had 

 no idea what the bird was, and shot one believing it to be a Munia. 

 1003. Iynx torquilla, Linn. 



I have only come across this bird in the cold weather, and that on 

 very few oocasions. I have seen it at Siddapur, at Karwar, and at one 

 or two other places on the coast. 



1008. Thereiceryx zeylonictjs, Gmel. 



The large barbet is not common in Kanara, and is restricted thereto a 

 tract of country comprising Halyal, Mundgode, and the east portion of 

 Yellapur, and Sirsi. I have only found it in deciduous forest. It 

 breeds in March and April. Its voice, much louder than that of viridis 

 will proclaim its presence wherever found. 



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