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(864) Calandkella tibetana. — Brook's Short-toed Lark. 

 Only two specimens — a male and female — were obtained, both at 

 Sangoghar (8,000 feet), in May. 



ORDER II.— EURYKEMI. 

 ORDER III.— PICI. 

 Family Picidce. 

 (946) Gecinus squamatus. — The West-Himalayan Scaly-bellied 



Green Woodpecker. 

 Common throughout the year in all the wooded valleys of Lower 

 Chitral at elevations of 4,000 to 8,000 feet. 



(961) Dendrocopus himalayensis. — The Western Himalayan 



Pied Woodpecker. 

 Common in the wooded portion of Lower Chitral at elevations ot 

 5,000 to 11,000 feet. They are very common in winter in the village 

 orchards. I noticed a pair building in a dead deodar at the end of 

 April at 11,000 feet. 



(969) Dendrocopus auriceps. — The Brown-fronted Pied 



Woodpecker. 

 Fairly common in the wooded portion of Lower Chitral at elevations 

 of 4,000 to 10,000 feet. 



(1003) Iynx torquilla. — The Common Wryneck. 

 I only obtained one specimen which was " hawked " at Resham 

 (6,500 feet) on 19th May. 



ORDER IV.— ZYGODACTYLI. 

 ORDER V.— ANISODACTYLI. 

 Sub-Order Coracice. Family Coraciadoe. 

 (1024) Cora oias garrula. — The European Roller. 

 Passed through on its migration to the north in the beginning of May, 

 remaining in the country for a week or so. Not noted on its return 

 to the south. Possibly stragglers occasionally breed in the country. 

 Sub-Order Meropes. Family Meropklm. 

 (1029) Merops apiaster. — The European Bee-eater. 

 Arrives at the end of May. The majority pass through on their 

 northward migration, and a few remain in the wooded valleys 

 of Lower Chitral at elevations uf 4,000 to 8,000 feet where they 

 evidently breed. Probably returns to the south in October, but none 

 were noted. 

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