8i DE, J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE ZOOLOGY OE 



Fam. UPUPID/E. 



83. IJPUPA EPOPS. 



Ujjiipa cjjojjs (L.) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 723 (1856-58) ; Blanford, t. c. p. 130 

 (187G) ; Severtz. t. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319; Barnes, Str. P. 1880, p. 216; Wardkw- Ram- 

 say, Ibis, 1880, p. 52; C. Swiulioe, ibid. 1882, p. 103; Scully, i.e. p. 80. 



1. d'. (jiilran, Badghis. 7tli March, 1885. 



2. cJ. „ „ 12tli March, 1885. 



Fam. MEEOPID.E. 

 84-. Merops apiaster. 



Merops apiaster (L.) ; Blanford, /. c. p. 122(1876); Severtz. t. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319; 

 Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 49; Barnes, Str. F. 1880, p. 215; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 102; Scully, 

 /. c. p. 79. 



1. cJ. Khusan, Hari-riid. 16th April, 1885. 



2. ? . Tirphul, „ 20th April, 1885. 



3. cJ. Kambao, Badghis. 28th April, 1885. 



4. 2- Shore-kaltegai, Badghis. 3rd May, 1885. 



[This Bee-eater was building in holes in sand-banks. — J. E. T. A.] 



85. Merops persicl's. 



Merops persicvs(Va.\\.) ; Severtz. /. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319 ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 49. 



Merops agyptius, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 89 (1854) ; Blanford, t. c. p. 123. 



1. 2 . Toman-agha, Hari-rud. 28th April, 1885. 



2. 6 • Between Toman-agha and Kanibao. 28th April, 1885. 



3. J. Kumani-besht, Hari-rud. 13th May, 1885. 



Fam. CORACIID^. 



86. CORACIAS GARRULA. 



Coracias yarrula (L.) ; Blanf. /. c. p. 125 (1876); Severtz. /. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319; 

 Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 571 (1856-58); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 102; Scully, t.c. 

 p. 79. 



1, 2. 6 ; 3. ?. Tirphul, Ilari-rud. 13th April, 1885. 



4. 2. Gidran, Badghis, IGth April, 1885. 



5. ?. Kambao, „ 19th May, 1885. 



[This Koller was breeding at Turbat, Shaik-jami, Khorasan. A pair had a nest in a 

 hole over the doorway of the house I lived in. — J. E. T. A.] 



Order COLUMB.E. 

 Fam. COLUMBID.E. 



87. TURTTIR ATJRITUS. 



Turtur auritus (Gray) ; Blanford, t. c. p. 270 (1876) ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 117 ; Scully, t. c. p. 86. 



