394 A LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED AND 



iris dark reddish-brown, when the bird was skinned. I carelessly 

 omitted to note the color of the iris when the bird was shot. 



? Vengayam Parry, 2Sth May, — Length, 12*0 ; wing, 5"0 ; 

 expanse, 15*75; tarsus, 0*6; tail, 7*0; bill from gape, TO; 

 weight, 2"5oz. 



117.— Merops viridis, Lin. 



Plenty at the base of the Hills and in the adjacent plains. 



118. — Merops philippinus, Lin. 



I found this bird abundant in October 1866, by the town 

 of Palani, near the North base of the hills. During this visit 1 

 observed them only once. They were on some dead trees in 

 a coffee plantation at Periur. 



119.— Merops leschenaulti, Vieill. 



This bird was common in 1866, on the Eastern side of the hills 

 at 2,000 or 3,000 feet, but this year I saw it only once, and the 

 one I shot falling among high grass, was not recovered, though 

 I had carefully marked the spot where it fell. 



122.— Nyctiornis athertoni. Jard and Selb. 



In December 1866, I obtained this bird at the head of the 

 Kambam Valley which skirts the Palanis along their south- 

 eastern base. I also observed a pair at Periur on the Lower 

 Palanis iu March. But this year I was unable to find it 

 anywhere. 



123.— Coracias indica, Lin. 



There were rollers still, about the Eastern base of the hills 

 when I came away in the end of June. This surprised me, as 

 the bird leaves the Dakhan before the middle of April. 



127.— Pelargopsis gurial, Pears. 



On two occasions this bird dashed by me as I was working 

 my way through thickets by a stream at the Eastern base. It 

 was probably the same individual, and both times I was unable 

 to flush it again. 



129. — Halcyon smyrnensis, Lin. 



Observed at Periur in the Lower Palanis. 



144. — Ocyceros bicornis, Scop. 



In October 1876, I obtained the Irawache, as the Tamil people 

 call it, in the avenues by the town of Palani. I had not time this 

 year to visit Palani and did not fiud the bird anywhere else. 



