82 Mr. Hugh ^Vl:istkr on the 



and Russia, and dark specimens resembling the British oues 

 are to hand from Norway, Sweden, and Germany, so that 

 it would appear to be a case of individual variation. — 

 C. B. T.-] 



Megalsema marshallorum. The Great Himalayan Barbet. 



1360. 1.4.1913. Jhelum. ?. Wing 139 mm. 



This specimen, shot in my compound, was the only one 

 met with. It is a rare straggler from the Himalayas. 



[Iris dark brown, eyelid plumbeous ; feet olive-green, 

 claws lead-black; bill, basal half bright yellow, rest of lower 

 mandible and median part of upper lead-black. — C. B. 7".] 



Xantholaeina haBmatocephala. The Crimson-breasted Barbet. 



Occnrreuce doubtful, but I heard what was perhaps its call 

 on April 4 and July 16, 1913. It is common in the Gujran- 

 wala district a little further south, but does uot occur in the 

 Rawal Piudi district. 



Coracias indica. The Indian Roller. 



A common resident, probably also partly migratory, as it 

 becomes less noticeable from about the second half of 

 Octol^er until the middle of February. Nests chiefly in ]\Iay 

 and June. 



Coracias garrula. The European Roller. 



A not uncommon summer visitor, noted only in May and 

 June. It is mostly confined to the nullahs of the broken 

 country north of the Salt Range (and there it possibly 

 breeds), but I saw one flying across the Jhelum River some 

 miles below Jhelum on June 8. 



Merops viridis. The Common Indian Bee-eater. 



686. 2] .4.1913. Jhelum. S- Wing 96 mm. 



A very numerous summer resident, arriving during the 

 first half of March (first noted on the 3rd, and general by 

 the 15th) and leaving in October, very few remaining until 

 the middle of that month. An individual was haunting the 

 District Board garden until well into December. It occurs 

 over the Salt Range. 



