404 Mr. H. Whistler on the [Ibi^, 



Coracias benghalensis benghalensis"(Ij.). (4 skins.) 



The Indian Roller is a generally distributed resident in 

 small nuhibers, aiiomented in summer by an immigration 

 o£ birds which arrive to breed in the district. As is so fre- 

 quently the case under such circumstances, I was unable 

 satisfactorily to fix the date of arrival and departure of these 

 immigrants, but pairing begins about the middle of February 

 and eggs were taken in May. To some extent Rollers are 

 gregarious at roost. 



Ceryle rudis leucomelanura Reichenb. (2 skins.) 



A resident species, and common all along the Jhelum and 

 Chenab rivers, but seldom met with away from them. 



Alcedo ispida pallasii Reichenb. (1 skin.) 



Observed only as follows : — 



1918. 19 February. One near Chund bridge. 



1918. 19 December. One at Nurpur Escape. 



1919. 20 August. An adult female, shot near (Jhund 

 . bridge. 



1920. 21 January. One at Nurpur Escape. 



The single specimen obtained agrees well with other 

 examples of this race in ray collection from Kashmir and 

 the subalpine Punjab. 



Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis (L.). (3 skins.) 



A somewhat scarce resident, but inclined to move about 

 rather within tlie district. 



Dryobates scindianus (Horsf. & Moore). (1 skin.) 



A pair seen about the canal escape at Asabba on 25 and 

 26 September, 1918, were the only Pied Woodpeckers 

 observed actually within the boundaries of the district ; two 

 or three were, however, seen at Sang jheel (just over the 

 border in the Multan District) on 25 December of the same 

 year. 



Liopicus mahrattensis (Lath.). 



A resident in small numbers and generally distributed 

 throughout the district. 



