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Date of Date of 



Arrival. Departure, 

 recognition easy in spite of nondescript colour, 

 probably stays much later . . . . . . . . Apr. 15 Aug. 8 



592. CuLiciCAPA CBYLONENSis, The Grey-head- 

 ed Flycatcher. Abundant . . . . . . . . Nov. 12 Mar. 11 



598. Tbrpsiphone paradisi, The Indian Para- 

 dise Flycatcher. A fairly common summer visitor 

 especially along wooded streams . . . . . . Apr. 15 Oct. 5 



775. Gymnorhis flavicollis, The Yellow- 

 throated Sparrow. Abundant up till June. Nests 

 in March, April and May. Entirely disappear in 

 the rains . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 20 June 16 



869. MiRAPRA cantillans, The Singing Bush- 

 lark. Common in winter but vanishes in the rains. Oct. 10 May 30 



877. Ammomanes phoenicura, The Rufous-tail- 

 ed Finch-Lark. Abundant till June. Nests in 

 crevices in the black cotton soil in March, April 

 and May. None seen in the rains. . . . . . Sept. 26 June 16 



879. Pyrrhulauda grisea, The Ashy-crown- 

 ed Finch-Lark. Another very common lark till 

 the rains but a very few stay on through July. 

 Nests in April and again in September . . . . Aug. 12 June 14 



1026. Merops viridis, The Common Indian 

 Bee-eater. Abundant, except in the rains, and 

 then it is only found in small parties in the jungle 



and along wooded nullahs . . . . . . . . Sept. 20 June 16 



1027. Merops philippinus. The Blue-tailed 

 Bee-eater. Occurred in great flocks over the 

 Bhopal jheel in company with M. j^f^i'sicus in Octo- 

 ber 1909 Oct. 7 Nov. 21 



1109. HiEROCOCCYx VARIXJS, The C o m m o n 

 Hawk-cuckoo. A common monsoon visitor . . June 20 Oct. 21 



1118. CoccYSTBS JACOBINUS, The Pied Crested 

 Cuckoo. Abundant during the monsoon . . . . June 5 Oct. 13 



1120. EuDYNAMis HONORATA, The Indian Koel. 

 Only too common up till October. One also noted 

 on December 2nd, another on February 19th . . Mar. 24 Oct, 14 



1321. Pteroclxjrxjs exustus, The Common 

 Sand-grouse. Abundant till June. Nests in 

 March, April and May Oct. 4 July 2 



1402. Gallinula chloropus, The Moorhen, 

 common . . . . , . . . . . . . Nov. 6 Apr. 21 



