THE BIRDS OF GORAKHPUR. 539 



A common bird, 



Pyrrulanda grisea (879). — The Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark. 



A common bird. 



NBCTARINIIDiE, 



Arachnechthra asiatica (895). — The Purple Sun-bird. 

 Fairly common. 



DiCiEIDiE. 



Dicceum olivacewn (917). — The Plain-coloured Flower-pecker. 



On 17th April 1910 I found a nest of this species containing a clutch 

 of three eggs. The nest was about 20 feet from the ground suspended at 

 the end of a leafy bough of a mango tree. 



Dicceum erythrorhynchus (919). — Tickell's Flower-pecker. 



Piprisoma squalidum (921). — The Thick-billed Flower-pecker. 



A fairly common forest bird often associated in small flocks with 

 D. olivaceum, 



PiTTIDiE. 



Pitta hrachyura (933). — The Indian Pitta. 



Fairly common from April onwards. In 1909 I first heard this bird on 

 29th April, and in 1910 on 6th May. I took eggs on 12th June 1909, 22nd 

 June 1910 and 23rd June 1910. "One of these nests was fully thirty feet 

 from the ground and placed on the top of a horizontal bough. 



PlCID^. 



Liopicus maJirattensis (972). — The Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker. 



Not very common. 



lyngipicus Tiardicickii (976). — The Indian Pigmy Woodpecker. 



Rather scarce. 



Micropternus pJiceoceps (983). — The Northern Rufous Woodpecker, 



A rare bird. The few occasions on which I have seen it, it was in the 

 midst of dense forest. Once I watched it feeding on a mass of flying 

 ants collected on a rotten tree trunk. 



Brachypternus aurantius (986). — The Golden-backed Woodpecker. 



Fairly common everywhere. Eggs taken on 28th April 3 909 and 29th 

 April 1910. 



Capitonidje, 



Thereiceryx zeylonieus (1008). — The Common Indian Green Barbet. 

 Common. A pair in my compound brought up a brood in April 1910 and 

 again a second brood in July. 



Xantholceyna Jimmatoceplxala (1019). — The Crimson-breasted Barbet. 

 Common. 



C0KACIAD.E. 



Coracias indica (1022). — The Indian Roller, 

 Common everywhere. 



Meropid-e. 



Merops viridis (1026). — The Common Indian Bee-eater. 

 Very common. Eggs taken on 6th May 1909 and 18th April 1911. 

 Merops philippinus (1027), — The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, 

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