PRESERVATION OF INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS, fyc. 



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Systematic name. 



(1) Vernacular name. 

 (2) Common English 



name. 



Brooding seasou 

 (close season). 



Cypselus affinis 



Ababil, Bubila. In- 

 dian Swift. 



batassiensis Tari- Ababil. 



Swift. 



Dendrochelidon coro- 

 nata. 



2. Night -Jars or 

 Goat-Suckers. 



Caprimulgus indicus 

 ,, albonotatus 



„ asiaticus ... 



,, monticolus. 



3. Bee- Eaters. 



Palm 



Merops viridis 



Merops pbilippensis 

 4. King-Fishers. 



Halcyon fuscus 



5. Woodpeckers. 



Picas mahrattensis... 

 Yungipicus Hard 



wickii. 

 Chrysoeolaptes sul 

 taneus. 



,, goensis 



Gecinus striolatus ... 

 Bracbypterus auran- 

 tius. 

 ,. chrysonotius. 



,, dilutus 



Yunx torquilla 



Crested Tree- 



Swift. 



Common everywhere, 



nesting within 



buildings. 



Only where the tod- 

 dy palm is found. 



Iu open forests. 



Jungle Night-Jar ... 



Dubki. Large Night- 

 Jar. 



Chippak. Lesser 



Night- Jar. 



,, Franklin's 



Night- Jar. 



Patunga. Common 



Bee-Eater. 

 Buna Patunga. ,, 



Kil-killa. Kingfisher 



Throughout the 

 year. 



| From November 

 | to June. 



The Night-Jars 

 occur in all the 

 forests and well 

 wooded districts 

 in the Centra 

 Provinces. They 

 j> also occur, some 

 times, as garden 

 visitors in such 

 open country as 

 that surrounding 

 Raipur and Na 

 pur. 



Throughout the Ccn 



tral Provinces. 

 Larger sandy rivers. 



Throughout the Cen- 

 tral Provinces. 

 Much sought after 

 for its skin and 

 feathers. 



All Woodpeckers 

 are known to 

 natives unilei 

 } one general 



! name, Lokar- 

 phor, / <■ . wood- 

 splitter. 



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The Woodpecker 

 inhabit the whole 

 of the wooded and 

 hilly tracts in the 

 Central Provinces 

 Several occur in j 

 gardens and in the 

 avenues of tree 

 planted on road 

 sides. 



! From November 

 to June. 



From November to 



June. 

 From February to 



July. 



From Februaiy to 

 July. 



From February 

 to August, 

 according to 

 local it v. 



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Cold season visi 



tor. 



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