ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH. 295 
113.—Caprimulgus mahrattensis,* Sykes, Sykes’ 
Nightjar. 
Only obtained durivg the cold weather. Appears scarce. 
114.—Caprimulgus monticolus,* Frankl. Frank- 
lin’s Nightjar, 
A permanent resident. Very common through the Satpuras 
in the cold weather, and again all round Dhulia in the rains. 
I shot a young one in August barely able to fly, and 
no doubt this species breeds at this season. At that time 
I offered a considerable reward to the herd boys for 
Nightjar’s nests, and very many were shown to me. In 
every case when 1 went myself, and shot the bird, it turned 
out to be asiaticus. In two cases, however, when I sent 
a sepoy, a monticolus was brought back. In one of these 
cases the eggs are quite differently shaped and longer than 
any I have of asiaticus, but in the other I can discover no 
difference. On cross examination the sepoy acknowledged 
that he shot the bird on each occasion near the nest, sitting 
after it had flown once or twice ; and it is possible that, as both 
species are common, he may have changed the bird he was 
following. However, there is no doubt that the bird breeds 
abundantly in the district. 
117.—Merops viridis,* Zin. The Indian Bee-eater. 
Permanent resident. Breeding abundantly in March along 
the Tapti. 
2? 118.—Merops philippinus, Zin. The Blue-tailed 
Bee-eater. 
T saw a flock, apparently migrating, in Pimpalnir in May 
1880, and a single specimen in Nizampur in the same month. 
The flock was flying south-west. As no specimen was secured I 
enter this as a doubtful species. 
120.—Merops persicus,* Pall. The Egyptian Bee- 
eater. 
A winter visitant. Large flocks appear in the beginning of 
October, and stay for a couple of months or so about the 
Mokhti and Goondoor tanks near Dhulia. 
123.—Coracias indica,* Lin. The Indian Roller. 
Permanent resident, Common all through the district in thre 
cold weather. In the hot weather migrates to the Satpuras, 
Akrani, Pimpalnir and Nandurbar jungles, where it breeds in 
March and April. 
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