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122.—Nyctiornis athertoni, -7ard. and Selb. The 
Bearded Bee-eater. 
I have obtained this bird at several places on the slopes of 
the Nilghiris up to about 5,000 feet elevation, and I have also 
seen it in the Wynaad. It restricts itself to well-wooded 
‘localities, and is nowhere very numerous, occurring, so far 
as I have observed, either singly or in pairs. Its note is quite 
similar to that of VV. amictus. 
123.—Coracias indica, Zin. The Indian Roller. 
This species does not ascend the hills, and even at the base 
of the hills, and in the Wynaad it is not common, that is com- 
pared to what it is in the plains of India. 
I shot a specimen, a female, at Rampore on the borders of 
Mysore and the Wynaad. This specimen has a broad white 
nuchal collar,* as in C. nuchalis of Africa. 
126.—Eurystomus orientalis, Zin. The Broad-billed 
Roller, 
Not common, but I have sometimes seen it on the Coonoor 
Ghat, and once in the Wynaad. 
127.—Pelargopsis gurial, Pears. The Brown-headed 
(Stork-billed) Kingfisher. 
I have seen this species on some of the larger streams in 
the Wynaad, but only occasionally. It is not a common bird 
even where it does occur, 
129.—Halcyon smyrnensis, Lin. The White-breasted 
Kingfisher. 
This bird is a straggler to the table land of the Nilghiris. 
I have on two or three occasions shot it at Qotacamund; at 
the base of the hills, especially in the better wooded portions 
of the country, it is not an uncommon bird. 
134.—Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. The Indian King- 
fisher. 
Common everywhere. 
?135quat.—Alcedo beavani, Wald. Beavan’s King- 
fisher. 
On the banks of a small stream, between Goodalore and 
Nellacotta, in the Wynaad, I saw a small brilliantly blue King- 
* May not Chrysococcyx limborgi, Wald, be a similar lusus nature ?—Ep., 8. F. 
