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839. The Forest Wagtail — Limonidromus indicus. 



The F. B. I. inchules the United Provinces within the area 

 of distribution of this bird. 



I have never observed it in the forests of the U. P. and if it 

 occurs there, it must I think be very rare. I knew the bird well 

 in the Andanians and in Burma. 



887. The Fire-tailed Sun-bird — yEthopyya irjnicauda. 



The F. B. I. gives the Western limit of this Bird as Nepal. 

 I have observed and shot it in the Tons valley (Tehri Garhwal) 

 at about 10,000 feet. 



906. The Larger Streaked Spider Hunter — Aracnothera mmjna. 



The F. B. I. gives the range of this bird as from the Sutlej 

 eastwards. 



I very much doubt if it extends west of Nepal except perhaps 

 as a rare straggler as 1 have never seen it in the forests of the 

 United Provinces. 



933. The Indian Y\\X?i— Pitta bracyhura. 



The F. B. I. sives the western limit of this bird as Garhwal. 

 As a matter of fact they come in vast numbers to the sub- 

 montane Sal forests as far west as the Jumna, arriving in May 

 and remain to breed leaving again in October. 



Mr. C. J. Donald has recently reported the breeding of this 

 bird as far west as the Kangra Valley in the Punjab {vide 

 B. N. H. S., Vol. XXV., page 497). 



996. The Great Slaty Woodpecker — Hemilophus jmlverulentus. 



The F. B. I. is doubtful as to the western limits of distri- 

 bution of this species. 



It occurs as far west as the Kotri Dun in Garhwal ( S. E. 

 of Lansdowne). 



It is not found in Dehra Dun. 



10:^5, The Broad-billed Roller — Eurystomus orientalis. 



The F. B. I. gives Kumaon as the western limit of this bird. 

 It actually extends as far west as the Kotri Dun. (See last 

 species.) 



1092. The European Nightjar — Cajirimulyus europoeus. 



The F. B. I. says of this bird : "The note is a whirring sound." 

 This is true for Europe but not of the Indian bird which has 



an entirely different call consisting of chuck-chuck-chuck 



repeated 6 to 8 times rapidly at intervals of about Ith of a 

 second. It never produces the whirring sound so characteris- 

 tic of the European bird. 



It is, I have no doubt, really a distinct species {Caprimulym 

 unioini.). 



1112. The Indian Plaintive Cuckoo — Cacomantis passerinus. 



The F. B. I. says, on Jerdon's evidence, that this bird ascends 

 the Himalayas to about 9 000 feet. 



