176 JOURNAL. BOMBAY NATURAL RIST. SOCIBTT, tdl.^Xl^l. 



1022, The Indian Roller — Coracias indica, L. ,,,/, 



Common and generally distributed. . , 



102G.* The Common Indian Bee-eater — Merops viridis, Linn. 



This common and generally distributed summer visitor was 

 also noted in small numbers during the wmter, a few birds 

 wintering here and there in favoured spots. The advance guard 

 started to arrive in J^ebruary and by the middle of March the 

 species seemed to have reached its full numbers. When at 

 Kasauli in the second week of March I watched several 

 flights working up from the valley up the hill past the Dak 

 bungalow on ditlerent days and 1 presume that these were on 

 migration. 



1033*. The Indian Pied Kingfisher — Ceryle laria, Striokl. ' 

 Common and probably resident. ■ 



1035. .The Common Kingfisher — Alcedo ispida, Linn. 



Not uncommon in the submontane and well watered area 

 about Chandighar and Mubariqpur during the winter : one was 

 al-io seen at (Jhamkaur. 



Beavan writes : " I procured a single specimen in November 

 1865 at Ambala, where, however, it is far from common." 



1044*. The White-breasted Kingfisher — Halcyon smi/nunais (L.) 

 Common and probably resident. 



1053. The Indo-Burmese Pied Hornbill — Jnthracoceros albirostris 



(Shaw and Nodd). 



In my Father's game-book there is a note about * black and 



white Hornbiils ' found at Morni on ^8th November 1886. 



This can only refer to this species. which occurs in Dr. 



Scott's list under the locality' Siwaliks. 



1062. The Common Grey Hornbill — Lophoceros bimstris (Scop.) 



"At Amballa on 16th November 1866 1 procured a specimen." 

 (Beavan.) 



Although not very common in Ambala itself this Hornbill 

 was particularly abundant about Morinda, Kharali, Kharar, 

 aiul in smaller numbers at Chandighar and Mubariqpur. It is 

 doubtless a resident species. 



Specimens obtained at Ambala are mentioned by the Mar- 

 shall (Stray Feathers, Vol. III., p 331;. 



1066. The European Hoopo3 — Upupa ppops, Linn. 



Detailed notes by Dr. David Scott, on the habits of Hoopoes 

 at Ambala, wdl be found in the " Ibis ' for 18ti6, p. 2:^2, and 

 1867, p. 135. These notes are referred to and amplified by 

 Dr. Jerdon in the " Ibis " for 1872, p. 21. 1 found the Hoopoe 

 common and generally distribntad throughout my stay in the 

 district and took a nest with 3 eggs on April 4th. Owing to the 

 war I have failed to have the skins collected critically exa- 

 mined, so provisionally accept Dr. Scott's identification, al- 

 though 1 believe that the species represented is more likely to 

 be Upupa indica. 



1073. The Common Indian Swift — Ci/pselus nffini'f. Gray and Hardw. 

 A few were seen in November, and after that with Ihe ex- 

 ception of a single bird on December 2, none were seen unt'l 

 Febiuiry : they were common from the middle of that mouth 

 until my departure. Numerous at Kasauli in March, 



