402 Mr. H. Whistler on the [Ibis, 



Two other birds seen but not obtained at Mnradawahi on 

 4 November, 1917, and at Winoka on 1 August, 1919, were 

 probably also o£ this species. It is doubtless only a passage 

 migrant. 



Caprimulgus monticola Frankl. (1 skin.) 



A female was shot in the borrow-pits that border the 

 railway at Chund on 20 August, 1919. 



Merops persicus persicus Pallas. (11 skins.) 



The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater is a very common summer 

 visitor to the district ; it was first observed on 8 May, 1918, 

 and on 24 April, 1919, and from then onwards remained 

 common till the end of September. A few birds remain into 

 October, the latest record being 13 October, 1918. In both 

 years a large flock roosted in the trees of the Dak Bungalow 

 at Jhang, and females shot from this flock in the latter half 

 of May had large eggs in the ovaries, but in spite of much 

 endeavour I was unable to locate any nests. The number of 

 these roosting birds, however, dwindled greatly by the end 

 of the month, when doubtless most birds slept in their nest- 

 holes. 



(It is difficult to distinguish AL persicus and M.pldlipphms 

 in the field, but although the latter species may appear in 

 the district, all the large Bee-eaters which I was able to 

 identify satisfactoril}- belonged to M. persicus.) 



Merops orientalis beludschicus Neum. (11 skins.) 



The status of this Bee-eater is inteiesting. During the 

 winter months it is to be found in small isolated colonies 

 which, in some cases, certainly occupy the same locality year 

 after year. About the middle of February large numbers of 

 migrants appear on passage, and remain about during March 

 and the earlier days of April. After they have jiassed on, 

 the species is found generally distributed and breeding, until 

 about June there is apparent a great increase in its numbers, 

 due to the fledging of the young birds. These numbers rather 

 obscure the situation, but apparently an autumn passage 



