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98. Cypselus melba. 



I have seen flocks of these Swifts in the interior, but have 

 not discovered their breeding-grounds. I shot one out of a 

 flock circling over a pool about 6000 feet up, in the month 

 of May. 



99. Cypselus apus. 



The Common Swift is rare in Chamba. I have only seen 

 a few stragglers. 



100. Cypselus affinis. 



A large flock breeds every summer under the balconies of 

 the Raja's palace. They leave Chamba regularly about the 

 1st December, and return again on the 1st March. 



107. Capkimulgus indicus. 



In the warm valleys and up at the hill-station of Dal- 

 housie during the months of June and July, where its dismal 

 note may be heard all the night through. 



109. Capkimulgus albonotatus. 



I have only met with this Nightjar in the cedar-forest of 

 Kajiar. Its note is very distinct from the other — chok-chok- 

 chok, a pause between each, 



114. Capkimulgus monticola. 

 In the Chamba valley only. 



129. Halcyon SMYKNENsis. '' Nula rauchrala.^' 

 Only a winter visitor in the low valleys. 



134. Alcedo BENGALENsis. '^ Nika muchrala." 

 Found about the streams where they debouch from the 

 hills. . 



137. Cekyle guttata. " Jel butara." 



There is a pair of these Kingfishers about every ten or 

 twelve miles along the big streams in the interior. I have 

 twice found their nesting-holes in precipitous fbanks over 

 rushing torrents. They breed in April and May. The holes 

 were practically inaccessible, so I never secured their 

 eggs. 



