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Lanius nigriceps, p. 144. 



Pericrocotus speciosus, p. 151. 



Dissemurus grandis, p. 156. (D. paradiseus, which is 

 only, I believe, a variety, is of course found in the 

 Concan and Syhadri.) 



Ery thro sterna albicilla, p. 167. 



Erytlirosterna maculata (Cyornis melanoleucus), p. 167. 



Mixornis rubricapillus, p. 176. 



Pycnonotus pygceus, p. 188. 



Abrornis cantator, p. 231. 



Carpophaga cenea, p. 287. 

 Gallus ferrugineuSj p. 303. 

 Perhapfc^one or two of the above have not been included in the 

 " Birds of the Bombay Presidency," solely because they were recorded 

 by Jerdon from Central India. For instance, Circus melanoleucus is 

 said by Jerdon to be lt rare in the Deccan and Central India." This 

 bird may perhaps be found in some part of the Hyderabad territory, 

 as it ranges along the plains of the east coast to the Carnatic, but 

 there is not, so far as I have been able to trace, any record of its 

 occurrence in the Bombay Deccan, nor in the "Western Central Pro- 

 vinces. 



As regards Carpophaga cenea, it may perhaps be found in some 

 of the Syhadri forests, as it is common further south in Malabar. 

 Butler, in his supplementary list (section II), in the l{ Bombay 

 Gazetteer," says that Major Lloyd includes it as a Concan species, and 

 that he believes he himself once saw one on the Ghats west of Poona. 

 I may add that there is a specimen, labelled Bombay, in the British 

 Museum. But it is clear that Butler attaches very little importance 

 to the supposed occurrence, or he would not put the bird amongst 

 the list of doubtful species, and neither Fairbank, Vidal nor Davidson 

 mentions the species as occurring. It is a noisy and conspicuous bird 

 not easily overlooked. The British Museum specimen was derived 

 from Colonel Sykes 1 collection, but there is no mention of the species in 

 Sykes' Catalogue (P. Z. S., 1832), and moreover there is a specimen 

 of the Himalayan Columba (JDendrotreron or Alsocomus hodgsoni)^ 

 back also from Sykes' collection and also labelled Bombay. There 

 was at one time great want of accuracy about localities in European 



