Birds of Kattiawar, Western India. 407 



129. Halcyon smyrnensis. 



Common. Wing 4'6, bill at front 2*4. 



134. Alcedo bengalensis. 



Not common. A specimen shot at Gondul has the bill 1'6 

 along the culmen, with the wing 3, and is scarcely distin- 

 guishable from A. ispida. 



136. Ceryle rudis. 

 Very common. 



144. Meniceros bicornis. 



Only met with in the neighbourhood of the Geerwar and 

 Geer forests. 



148. Pal^ornis torquatus. 

 Very common. 



149. PAL.EORNIS ROSA. 



Common. Large flocks of this species are met with in all 

 parts of the province during the rains and cold season; but 

 in the hot season they leave the plains and retire to the 

 wooded regions of the Geernar and Geer. 



160. PlCUS MAHRATTENSIS. 



I shot a female, of this species in the Geer, the only ex- 

 ample I ever met with in Kattiawar ; but I cannot now trace 

 the specimen. 



180. Brachypternus aurantius. 



This species is common in the Geernar and Geer forests. 



197. XanthoLuEma h^macephala. 



Common. I have repeatedly seen these birds fly down to 

 the trunk of a tree and cling like a Woodpecker ; but I never 

 saw them climb. 



205. Hierococcyx VARIUS. 



I have only met with this Cuckoo in the neighbourhood of 

 the Burha hills at the commencement of the rains. 



212. COCCYSTES JACOBINUS. 



1 have obtained this species in a grass preserve near Rajkote 

 during the rains. 



