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144.— Meniceros bicornis, Scop. 



The Common Grey Hornbill occurs in all of the big jungles 

 on Mount Aboo, and is not uncommon in the wooded parts of 

 the country between Deesa and Ahmedabad. 



[Occurs nowhere, so far as I know, within the whole plains 

 region with which we are dealing, but just as it occurs at Aboo, 

 an outlier from " more hospitable climes/' so also Captain Hayes 

 Lloyd notes it from the Girnar and forests round about in 

 Kattiawar.— A. 0. H.] 



147. — Palseornis eupatria, Lin. 



^ The Rose-band Paroquet is very rare. I have one good spe- 

 cimen given to me by Dr. Newman, by one of whose servants 

 it was shot at Mount Aboo. There is no doubt as to the locali- 

 ty it came from, as the man who shot it told me the exact spot 

 where it was killed. I have not met with another example. 



[This specimen, which I owe to Capt. Butler, is nearer the 

 Singhalese, than the Sub-Himalayan fofm. Neither eupatria 

 nor sivalensis, occur anywhere else to the best of my belief 

 throughout the whole region. It was said to have occurred 

 near Hyderabad, Sindh, but I do not now believe this. — A. 0. H.l 



148.— Palseornis torquatus, Bodd. 



The Rose-ringed Paroquet is very common both on the hills 

 and in the plains. I took a nest in Deesa on the 14th February 

 1875, containing four fresh eggs, which is somewhat early for 

 this species to lay, as at that time of year they are still to be 

 seen in immense flocks. This pair I look upon however as an 

 exceptional couple, as I had noticed them at work clearing out 

 the holes in which the eggs were subsequently deposited for at 

 least three months before the eggs were laid, during which 

 period they never joined any of the numerous large flocks which 

 abound in that neighbourhood during the rains and in the cold 

 weather. I had to push the hen bird off the nest with my hand, 

 and even then she would not leave the hole, although there were 

 no less than three entrances by which she might have escaped. 

 Eventually after taking the eggs I left her to mourn the loss 

 of her penates sulking in one of the passages leading from the 

 nest. 



[Throughout the entire region. — A. 0. H.] 



149.— Palseornis purpureus, Midi. 



The Rose-headed Paroquet is found both on the hills and in 

 the plains wherever there is tall tree jungle. It is particularly 

 abundant in the jungles at the foot of the Aravalli hills. 



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