Si DK. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE ZOOLOGY OF 



Earn. UPUPIDiE. 

 83. TJpupa epops. 



Upupa epops (L.) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 723 (1856-58) ; Blanford, t. c. p. 130 

 (1876) ; Severtz. t. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319; Barnes, Str. P. 1880, p. 216; Wardlaw-Ram- 

 say, Ibis, 1880, p. 52; C. Swinhoe, ibid. 1882, p. 103; Scully, t.c. p. 80. 



1. <3 . Gulran, Badgbis. 7tb March, 1885. 



2. d. „ „ 12th March, 1885. 



Tam. MEROPID^]. 

 84 Merops apiaster. 



Merops apiaster (L.) ; Blanford, t. c.p. 122(1876); Severtz. /. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319; 

 Wardlaw-Rainsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 49; Barnes, Str. F. 1880, p. 215; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 102; Scully, 

 t. c. p. 79. 



1. cj. Khusan, Hari-rud. 16th April, 1885. 



2. 2 ■ Tirphul, „ 20th April, 1885. 



3. d. Kambao, Badgbis. 28th April, 1885. 



4. $ . Shore-kaltegai, Badgbis. 3rd May, 1885. 



[This Bee-eater was building in holes in sand-banks. — J. E. T. A.] 



85. Merops persictjs. 



Merops per sicus (Pall.) ; Severtz. ^. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319 ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 49. 



Merops a>gijptius, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. i. p. 89 (1854) ; Blanford, t. c. p. 123. 



1. 2 . Toman-agba, Hari-rud. 28th April, 1885. 



2. d- Between Toman-agba and Kambao. 28th April, 1885. 



3. 6 . Kumani-besht, Hari-rud. 13th May, 1885. 



Earn. COEACIID^. 



86. COPACIAS GAPvKTJLA. 



Coracias garrula (L.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 125 (1876); Severtz. t. c. p. 68; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 319; 

 Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 571 (1856-58); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 102; Scully, t.c. 

 p. 79. 



1, 2. 6 ; 3. $. Tirphul, Hari-rud. 13th April, 1885. 



4. 2 . Gulran, Badgbis. 16th April, 1885. 



5. 2- Kambao, „ 19th May, 1885. 



[This Holler was breeding at Turbat, Shaik-jami, Khorasan. A pair had a nest in a 

 hole over the doorway of the house I lived in. — J. E. T. A.] 



Order COLUMBiE. 

 Earn. COLUMBIDiE. 



87. TUUTTJR ATJRITTJS. 



Turtur auritus (Gray) ; Blanford, t. c. p. 270 (1876) ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 117; Scully, t. c. p. 86. 



