103 Lieut.-Col. C. Swinhoe on the 



30. Merops apiaster, Linn. 



Kandahar, 1 <? , 1 ? , 14A81 ; Do., 2 cJ , 1 ? , 17,4,81. 



I heard the cry of these birds on the 14th April for the 

 .first time, Avhile sitting at my office-desk. I followed the cry in 

 the afternoon as soon as I could get away, and found a large 

 flock flying round and round some large trees in a garden 

 outside the Herat gate. I saw some of these birds also at 

 Chaman on the 28th April, and again at Quetta in the middle 

 of May, and got several specimens. The testes of all the 

 males I examined were very greatly swollen. 



31. CoRACiAS iNDicus, Linn. 



Observed near Sibi, at Pirchowky, and in the lower part 

 of the Bolan. It is, I am given to understand, also some- 

 times found at Quetta, but has not been observed further Avest. 



32. CoRACiAS GARRULUS, Linu. 



Kandahar, l^, 17,4,81; Do., l^, 18,4,81; Melkarez, 

 21,4,81 ; Abdul Rahman, 1 S , 23,4,81. 



Also obtained several speotmens at Quetta in May. These 

 birds commenced arriving in the country in the early part of 

 April ; the first was observed at Kandahar on the 4th. 



33. Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. 



One obtained by Dr. Duke at Quetta in November. 



34. Alcedo ispida, Linn. 



Kandahar, 1 S , 29,12,80 ; Do., 1 ^ , 22,12,80 ; Do., 1 ^ , 

 9,1,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 24,1,81 ; Gungazai, 1 ? , 1,5,81 ; Kushdil 

 Khan, 1 ? , 2,5,81 ; Quetta, l^, 6,5,81. 



The common Kingfisher of the country. 



35. Ceryle rudis (Linn.). 



One shot by Dr. Duke at Quetta in November. 



36. Picus siNDiANus, Gould. 

 Kojuk, 1 ? , 4,3,81. 



Shot by Lieut. Rutherford, and sent me in the flesh by 

 post. 



37. Gecinus squamatus, Vig. 



One shot by Dr. Duke in December at Quetta. 



