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arrives in August and vanishes again in September, leaving 

 only the few colonies which remain throughout the winter. 

 The species is gregarious at roost. I have observed' a small 

 party feeding in company with a flock of Rosy Pastors ; 

 these latter were feeding along some ground covered with 

 " Lana " scrub, while the Bee-eaters perching on the ground 

 or the "Lana" moved with the Pastors, and caught in the 

 air those grasshopj)ers and insects which escaped by flight 

 from the blundering efforts of the larger birds. 



A very beautiful lutino variety obtained by me at Jliang 

 on 9 June, 1919, has been described in the Journal Bombay 

 N.H.S. vol. xxvi. p. 844. 



Upupa epops epops L. (6 skins.) 



The European Hoopoe appears in the district on the 

 autumn migration about the middle of July and becomes 

 abundant in August, its numbers reaching their greatest 

 height in September. The majority of these birds pass on 

 by the end of the month, but the species remains fairly 

 common during the winter until about February. A few 

 individuals were seen in March and April, but none in May 

 or June, and but few, if any, pairs can remain to breed in the 

 district. 



Coracias garrulus semenowi Loudon & Tschusi. (12 skins.) 

 This form of Roller appears in considerable numbers on 

 the autumn migration, and may then be met in small flights 

 of some half-dozen individuals or singly. It is found any- 

 where in open country, but is most partial to the wide plains 

 that form the riverain of the Chenab River, where it perches 

 on isolated Kikur-bushes or on the " Uck " plants that are 

 typical features of this ground. The favourite food is a 

 large, coarse, highly-coloured grasshopper which is found on 

 the " Uck," but whose name I have not ascertained. The 

 earliest date on which I have seen it is 25 July, 1919, and 

 the latest date is 25 September, 1918. Adults and immature 

 birds arrive in equal numbers, and the former are then 

 undergoing complete moult. 



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