. Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies . Aixrimgafead \» i-C<xUzanj- BOMBA^ dnugg! . qAhin it , ..... Fo on ^O^. ^? Goda ^wkvUln. TO ILLUSTRATE CONTRIBUTION TO THE AV1-FAUNAOF THE DECCAN By Mess™ Davidson, and Wenderv. ENGLISH MILES The places around^ which, Lhey hcvve collectedare. denoted by a, red luve. BANGALORE 75. AVIFAUNA OF THE DECCAN. 69 the sea, and 129 inches at Egutpoora, which has an elevation of1,921 feet. The scenery is grand. The hills are bold, castellated massesof Basaltic trap, numerously scarfed in wonderfully horizontallines,
. Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies . Aixrimgafead \» i-C<xUzanj- BOMBA^ dnugg! . qAhin it , ..... Fo on ^O^. ^? Goda ^wkvUln. TO ILLUSTRATE CONTRIBUTION TO THE AV1-FAUNAOF THE DECCAN By Mess™ Davidson, and Wenderv. ENGLISH MILES The places around^ which, Lhey hcvve collectedare. denoted by a, red luve. BANGALORE 75. AVIFAUNA OF THE DECCAN. 69 the sea, and 129 inches at Egutpoora, which has an elevation of1,921 feet. The scenery is grand. The hills are bold, castellated massesof Basaltic trap, numerously scarfed in wonderfully horizontallines, the slopes between the escarpments, the tops and the bases,being densely clad with trees and undergrowth. The valleys andgorges are rugged, deep and gloomily silent, except for the sweetvoices of the birds and the occasional music of some mimicwaterfall or the rippling of some stream—perfect paradises forbirds—(this from a summer point of view of course !) Two miles up from Khandalla stands Lanoli, the head of theBhore Grhat incline. Thence the line passes through a tolerablylevel valley, and the hills on either side gradually diminishingbecome more and more bare until Poona is reached, and thecharacteristic type of Deccan scenery commences. Poona, 1,819 feetabove the sea, has a rainfall averaging about27 inches in the year, and taking the register of 5
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