456 A TENTATIVE LIST OF THE BIRDS 
85.—Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes. 
Fairly common in the hill tracts. I did not see any in the 
plains. Breeding in May. 
100.—Cypsellus affinis, J. H. Gr. 
Fairly common ; same as No. 85. 
107.—Caprimulgus indicus, Lath. 
Very common. Procured eggs on the 10th of April, 1882. 
Eggs deposited on the bare ground after the grass had been 
burnt. 
108.—Caprimulgus kelaarti, Bly. 
Rare. Only saw the one female that I shot off her eggs on 
the 2nd of May, 1883. 
112.—Caprimulgus asiaticus, Lath. 
Very common. I have repeatedly, while out nesting, found 
pairs of them sitting together, either on the ground or on 
trees, and on each occasion could have knocked them over 
with my stick; they seemed so scared at the sight of me. Eggs 
taken on the 11th April, 1882. 
117.—Merops viridis, Zin. 
Very common all over the district. I saw none during the 
monsoon months, viz., from June to middle of September 
when they came in, in hundreds, daily. Eggs taken on ee 
15th April, 1882, laid at rather an unusual depth at the bottom 
of an old rat hole, near 4 feet in depth. 
119.—Merops swinhoii, Hume. 
Not so common as last species. 
123.—Coracias indica, Lin. 
Common. After the burning of a jungle I noticed a single 
bird flying round and round a partially burnt tree. On approach- 
ing I noticed that the tree had a number of holes in it, so I got 
up, and at the top of an arm that had broken off short, I found 
the dead body of a female resting on two eggs. She must 
have either been too frightened at the immense volumes of 
fire and smoke that rolled round her to escape, or, perhaps, 
“faithful to that last” had voluntarily perished on her eggs. 
