250 Lieut. C. H. T. Whiteliead on the 



May and early June) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 57 (passing; 

 through Chitral early in May) ; Gumming, t, c. p. 689 

 (passing through Seistan in April) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. 

 p. 725 (summer visitor from May till November) . 



A fairly common summer visitor to the District and the 

 Kurram Valley, up to 3000 feet, from early in May till 

 September, being particularly common round Thall, where it 

 nests in colonics in the conglomerate cliffs. 



[1026.] Merops viridis. The Common Indian Bee- 

 eater, 



Rattray, J. B. N, H. S. xii. p. 342 (not common at Thall) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 725. 



756. S ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 28th March. 



Abundant in summer, the majority arriving about the 

 20th of March and leaving in the middle of October. In a 

 mild year odd birds and even parties of five or six are seen 

 at intervals throughout the winter. 



[1027.] Merops PHiLippiNUS. The Blue-tailed Bee-eater. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 342 (Thall : June). 



We have not met with this Bee-eater in Kohat. Colonel 

 Rattray, however, observed a pair at Thall in June. 



Major Magrath has found it not uncommon in Bannu in 

 early autumn and has procured an example. It is also very 

 common round Rawal Pindi. 



[1028.] Merops persicus. The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. 



Major Magrath saw what he took to be this species in 

 large numbers between Basal and the Indus, just outside 

 our limits, in July 1907, and also observed an individual at 

 Khushalgarh just inside. Another which he obtained iu 

 Bannu, where the bird is fairly common in summer, is now 

 in the National Collection. 



[1029.] Merops apiaster. The European Bee-eater. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 351 (Quetta : common 

 summer visitor) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 57 (a few breed in 

 Chitral) ; Betham, t. c. p. 749 (nests freely round Quetta) ; 

 Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 725 (abundant in summer). 



