168 Ornithological Notes chiefly on some birds [No. 3 7 



African race (P. cubicularis, Hasselquist) in Northern Abyssinia. The 

 only distinction I can detect from the common Indian P. torquatus 

 is, that the former bird has a larger bill. 



I thought, I saw P. Alexandra once or twice in the great forests 

 south east of Chanda, but I am not sure. It is certainly rare in 

 Central India. 



Order INSESSOKES. 

 Suborder Pic^:. 

 Family Picidje. 



160. PicUS MahrattensiS, Latham. Chanda jungles, local. 

 The closely allied race which Mr. Blyth did me the honor to name 

 after me, was found, not abundantly, at Thayet Myo, and again above 

 Ava. It probably is peculiar to the dry country of upper Burma. 



164. P. (YungipiCUS) Hardwickii, Jerdon ; not rare in 

 the Chanda jungles. It usually occurs in small companies of 3 or 4, 

 hunting about the upper branches of trees. My specimens were rather 

 smaller than the dimensions given by Dr. Jerdon. 



166. ChrySOCOlapteS festivUS, Bodd. I shot one speci- 

 men near Chanda, the wing measures only 6 inches. 



The only other woodpecker killed in the Central provinces was the 

 very common Srachyptermis aurantius. 



Family Cuculid^;. 



199. CllCUlllS canorUS, L. I killed a male on the 24th 

 April on the Pranhita river north of Sironcha. On the 4th May, 

 near Sironcha, I shot another, and heard others calling then and on 

 subsequent days. I did not observe any females, but I had no time 

 to look for them. 



212. Coiiystes melanoleilCOS, Gnnel., shot at Khandalla 

 on the western ghats near Bombay. I obtained a bird in Abyssinia 

 which I cannot distinguish from this species. 



222. TacCOnia afflniS, Blyth. Two or three specimens from 

 the neighbourhood of Nagpur agree best witli this race in dimensions, 

 but one of them has rather the colouring of T. Lesclienaultii, Lesson. 

 I much doubt if these races should be distinguished. T. Sir7i-ec, 

 Gray, appears rather more distinct. 



