2 72 W. T. Blanford— List of Birds. [No. 3, 



in Ahiri, not more than 20 miles south of the Chanda 

 district, and I have no doubt but that it occurs oc- 

 casionally in the forests east of Chanda. 



208. Otolygon nigrum, very rare. I believe that JEudynamys 

 honoratus occurs, but it is far less common than to the 

 eastward, and I have not shot it. 



217. Centropus rufipennis. 



222. Taccocua affinis. 



232. Leptocoma Zeylonica, not common. 



234. Arachnechthra Asiatica. 



238. Dicceum minimum, this and the next species were only 

 observed east of the Wardha. Neither is common. 



240. Piprisoma agile. 



246. Salpomis spilonota, rare, only seen south-east of Chanda. 



250. Sitta castaneoventris, scarce. 



255. Upupa Ceylonensis. 



256. Lanius lahtora. 



257. L. caniceps, i.e., the southern variety or race, but inter- 



mediate forms between this and L. erythronotus occur 



in the northern part of the area. 

 260. L. vittatus. 

 265. Tephroclornis Pondiceriana. 

 270. Grauculus Ifacei. 



276. Pericrocotus peregrinus. 



277. P. erythropygius, only seen west of the Wardha, in JS. E. 



Berar, and there not often. 



278. Dicrurtis macrocercus. 

 281. D. cccrulescens. 



287. Artamus fuscus, rare and local. 



288. Tclutrea paradisi. 

 290. Myiagra azurea, raro, and only seen in tho forest east of 



Chanda. 



292. Leucocerca aureola. 



293. L. leucoijaster, rare. 

 295. Cryptolopha cinereocapilla. 

 297. Alseonax latirostris, rare. 

 301. JSumyias melanops, not common. 



