568 CAPT. BULGER ON INDIAN BIRDS. [Dec. 13, 



7. List of Birds observed at Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, 

 about 6000 feet above tbe level of the sea, during the 

 months of April and May, 1866. By Captain G. E. 

 Bulger, 10th Regiment, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 



1. Neophron percnopterus, Linn. White Scavenger Vulture*. 

 Tolerably abundant. 



2. Tinnunculus alaudarius, Briss. Kestril. 



I only saw four or five, near the top of one of the hills. 



3. Micronisus badius, Gmel. Shikra. 

 Saw two only. 



4. Haliastur indus, Bodd. Maroon-backed Kite. 

 Apparently not numerous. 



5. Milvus govinda, Sykes. Common Pariah Kite. 

 Plentiful. 



6. Hirundo domicola, Jerdon. Neilgherry House-Swallow. 

 Tolerably abundant. 



7. Hirundo daurica, Linn. Red-rumped Swallow. 

 Appears to be common. 



8. Cotyle concolor, Sykes. Dusky Crag Martin. 



I saw only a few of these ; but met with one nest, on the 15th of 

 April, which contained young ones: it was under a projecting crag, 

 near one of the mountain streams. 



9. Cypselus melba, Linn. Alpine Swift. 



These noble Swifts were abundant at Wellington and at Conoor ; 

 the contrast between their size and that of the common Indian 

 species (C. affinis) is very striking. 



10. Cypselus affinis, Gray. Common Indian Swift. 

 Plentiful. Frequenting the same localities as C. melba. 



11. Pal^ornis schisticeps, Hodgson. Slaty-headed Parrakeet. 

 I only saw one individual. 



12. Centropus rufipennis, Illiger. Common Coucal. 



Abundant everywhere in the jungles, where its curious hooting 

 cry (which sounds like hooh-a-hooh-a-hooh, uttered slowly, with a 

 long stress upon the first, third, and fifth syllables) is constantly 

 to be heard. It is a showy bird, owing to the bright chestnut hue 

 of its back and wings. 



* The nomenclature is that of Jerdon's ' Birds of India.' 



