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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF BALUCHISTAN. 



Part II. 



By 



Lt.-Col. H. Delame Radcliffe, F.Z.S. 



(Royal "Welch Fiisiliers). 



Family : Picid^. 



100. Gecinus f/orii. — Hargitt's Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker. L^^''-] 

 I several times observed this species at Ziarat at 8,000 feet and upwards, 



and think it must certainly broed there as I saw the birds in June and 

 July. Several specimens were shot in 1913, I believe, by Capt. Meinertz- 

 hagen, 7th Royal Fusiliers. There are 3 specimens in the MacMahon 

 Museum at Quetta. 



101. Dendrocojms sindianus. — The Sind Pied Woodpecker. [963] 



I only once observed this species in Baluchistan, and that was in May 

 1913, when I saw one of these birds on the trunk of a tree in the Gloucester 

 Road, Quetta. Marshall states that it is common at Shelabagh at the mouth 

 of the Khojak Tunnel, and on the Khwaja Amran range. 



Note. — I believe it will be found that one of the species of Pigmy 

 Woodpecker, " lyngipicus ", frequents the Juniper forest in Baluchistan. 

 I saw near Ziarat at about 9,000 feet several holes in the trunks of Jumper 

 trees, which I think could not have been made by anything else than a 

 very small species of woodpecker, and in miy opinion by one of the 

 ^' lyncjipiciy 



102. lynx for quilla. — The Common Wryneck. [1003. '| 



I have not personally observ^ed this species more than a couple of times 

 in spring, evidently during migration, but Marshall states that this species 

 is a constant visitor on migration in April. There are two specimens in the 

 MacMahon Museum at Quetta. 



COKACIAD^. 



103. Coracias ffarnda.—Th.e European Roller. [1024.] 



Appears in the Quetta Valley early in May, but none seem to stop to 

 breed there, and they all appear to pass on to the higher valleys, returning 

 again to the Quetta Valley, after breeding towards end of July. I saw a 

 good many in June and July in the valleys between Kuch and Ziarat and 

 I think it undoubtedly breeds there. This species leaves the Quetta Valley 

 for warmer regions in October. I shot a specimen of this species on the 6th 

 August 1913 in the Galbraith Spinney near Quetta. It was evidently a 

 bird of the year. 



104. Coracias indica. — The Indian Roller. [1022.] 



I have not personally observed this species in Baluchistan, but it un- 

 doubtedly occurs there. On page 104 of Vol. Ill Blanford says that it is 

 found sparingly throughout Baluchistan. 



MBROPID.E. 



105. Merops viridis. — The Common Indian Bee-Eater. [1026.] 



I saw small parties of this species in my garden in Quetta in November 

 1911, and again in November 1912. They looked unhappy and as if suffer- 

 ing from the cold, and must have been migrating. I never saw this species 



