254 LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE 
68.—Brachyotus accipitrinus.—Ahmednagar. 
69.—A4scalaphia bengalensis.—Common in the Dakhan. 
72.—Ketupa ceylonensis.—Khandala. 
74.—Ephialtes pennatus, or a nearly allied species, once 
obtained at Mahabaleshwar. 
74 bis.—Ephialtes brucet.—Rahuri, in the vicinity of Ahmed- 
nagar. Only three specimens are known.* A fourth Scops Owl 
in the rufous stage of plumage, that probably belonged to this 
species, was obtained in a neighbouring village, but it is not 
known where the specimen is now. 
76.—Athene brama.—Common everywhere. 
81.—Minox hirsutus—Several have been obtained in the 
district of Ahmednagar. 
82— Hirundo rustica.—Common. 
84.—Hirundo jilifera.—Common in the Dakhan. 
85.—Cecropis erythropygia.—Common. 
86.—Lagenoplastes fluvicola.—Near Satara. 
89.—Cotyle sinensis—Near Satara. 
90.—Ptyonoprogne concolor.—Common. 
91.—Ptyonoprogne rupestris.—Khandala, Mahabaleshwar, &e. 
100.—Cypselus affinis— Abundant in and about Ahmednagar. 
Found at Khandala, &e. 
102.—Cypselus palmarum.— Vicinity of Ahmednagar. 
104.—Maeropteryz coronatus.—Khandala and along the hills. 
107.—Caprimulgus indicus.—Ahmednagar, Khandala, &e. 
112.—Caprimulgus asiaticus—Common in the Dakhan. 
113.—Caprimulgus mahrattensis.—Rahuri. It is rare. 
114.—Caprimu/qus monticolus.—Goa frontier. 
115.—Harpactes fasciatus.—Woods of Sawant Wade, in 
the Konkan. 
117.—Merops viridis —Common. 
118.—Merops philippinus—Found once at Ahmednagar, 
and once at Khandala. 
119.—Merops Swinhoei.—Sides and base of Goa and Sawant 
Wade hills. 
123.— Coracias indica.—Every where in the cold season. 
127.—Palargopsis gurial.—Once found near Mahabaleshwar. 
129.—Halcyon smyrnensis.—Every where. 
134.—Alcedo bengalensis.—Still more common. 
136.—Ceryle rudis.—Common. 
140.—Dichoceros cavatus, Shaw.—Konkan and western slopes 
near Mahabaleshwar. (Goa frontier. 
141.—Hydrocissa coronata.—Ratnagiri, on the coast south of 
Bombay. 
* Other specimens have been procured elsewhere, Mr. Blanford recently obtained 
it in Sindh. I should say it never became rufous.—Ep., 8. F 
