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Of course if migratory, my suggestion that they breed at 

 Aboo falls to the ground. I have never seen it in the plains. 



[This species does not belong to the western desert country. 

 I have never seen it from, or had any record of its occurrence 

 in, either Sindh, Cutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpoor, or anywhere 

 thence to Sambhur. I did not get it at Aboo myself, out Dr. 

 King notes having done so. — A. O. H.] 



112.— Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. 



The Common Indian Night Jar is tolerably common all over 

 the plains. It lies a good deal at the bottom of the big Eu- 

 phorbia hedges, as well as in low tree (mimosa) jungle. It 

 breeds, I fancy, twice a year, as I flushed a cock and a hen bird 

 near Deesa with a young one just fledged on the 20th July, 

 and found on dissecting the hen that she was about to com- 

 mence laving again. I did not observe this species at Aboo. 



[Neither did I; Dr. King notes a single male from Aboo, 

 very possibly killed by his men low down the hill but not im- 

 probably it is a mistake, as he does not note, C. monticolas 

 of which his collection contained a specimen. It occurs 

 throughout the whole region with which I am dealing. — 

 A. 0. H.J 



[113.— Caprimulgus Mahrattensis, Sykes. 



I obtained a specimen of Sykes Goat Sucker in Northern 

 Guzerat, between Deesa and Sooegam, some few miles from the 

 latter place. It occurs in every subdivision of the entire reo-ion, 

 but has not yet been obtained by Mr. Adam in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the Sambhur Lake. — A. 0. H.] 



[114.— Caprimulgus monticolus, Frankl. 



Very common -it Aboo, and it is strange that it should have 

 escaped Captain Butler, who has obtained almost every bird that 

 either Dr. King or myself met with. 



I do not know of its occurring in Sindh, Kutch or Jodhpoor; 

 eastwards it is not uncommon in the Aravallis, up to Ajmere 

 and in the Hills at Sambhur, and Captain Hayes Llovd reports 

 it from Kattiawar, whence however I have not received it. — 

 A. 0. H.] 



117.— Merops viridis, Lin, 



The Common Indian Bee-eater occurs in abundance all over 

 the plains. 1 noticed it also in considerable numbers at Aboo, 

 but I do not think that it remains on the hills in the hot 

 weather. 



[Very common throughout the whole region. — A. 0. H.] 



