760 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIIl. 
No. 
Scientific name. 
English name. 
Remarks. 
874 
Galerita cristata . , 
Crested Lark 
Season from April to July. 
Nest built on the ground in 
stunted thorn bushes. 
879 
Pyrrhulauda grisea. 
Black-bellied Finch- 
Lark. 
Has two broods, one in Febru- 
ary to April, another from 
October. Nest always in 
open ground generally with- 
out any concealment. 
882 
.dCthopyga seheriae . 
Yellow-backed Sun- 
bird. 
Forests north of District. A 
nest under construction, but 
bird deserted it after laying 
one egg. Nest very like that 
of A. asiatica, but without 
porch. May. 
895 
Arachnechthra asia- 
tica. 
Purple Sun-bird 
Very common. Builds from 
March to .June. 
919 
Dicaeum erythro- 
rhynchus. 
Tickell’s Flower- 
pecker. 
Constructs a beautiful little 
purse-shaped nest, amongst 
thick bunch of mango leav- 
es, generally quite low down. 
March to May. 
933 
Pitta brachyura 
Indian Pitta 
Breeds in the forests all along 
the Nepal border. Constructs 
a large globular nest 
in thick thorny shrubs. May. 
972 
Liopicus mahratten- 
sis. 
Yellow-fronted Pied 
Woodpecker. 
Distributed all over District. 
Nest hole in mango stump 
generally March. 
976 
lyngipicus hard 
wickii. 
Pigmy Woodpecker. 
Often seen excavating its nest- 
hole but have not yet succeed- 
ed in finding the eggs. Com- 
mences operations in Janu- 
ary, but does not lay till 
March or April. 
986 
Brachyptemus aur- 
antius. 
Golden -backed 
Woodpecker. 
Common. Commences to dig 
its nest hole about January, 
but does not lay till March, 
April. 
1008 
Thereicf ryx zeyloni- 
cus. 
Green Barbet 
1 
Commences its nest hole in Nov- 
ember, but does not lay till 
April, May. 
