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Family Coraciidce. 

 Genus Coracias (Linn., 1766). 



187 Hume, No. 124 ; Blanf., No. 1023. Coracias affinis.— The 

 Burmese Roller. 



Very common, but slightly shy. 



Genus Eurystomus (Vicill, 1816). 



188 Hume, No. 126 ; Blanf., No. 1025. Eurystomus orientalis. — The 

 Broad-billed Roller. 



Rare here. I saw several when on a visit to Roopacherra. They 



keep to the tops of high trees and are very shy birds. 



Family Meropidce 



Genus Nyctiornis (Swains., 1831). 



189 Hume, No. 122 ; Blanf., No. 1031. Nyctiornis athertoni.— The 

 Blue-bearded Bee-eater. 



Fairly common. Principally met with in dense jungle, but they 

 also come out to the open. On several occasions I have seen them on 

 some bamboos near my Bungalow. They hawk insects on the wing like 

 the other Bee-eaters. 



Genus Merops (Linn., 1766). 



190 Hume, No. Ill ; Blanf, No. 1026. Merops viridis.— The Green 

 Bee-eater. 



Far from common here. They frequent abandoned cultivation, 

 where there is grass and a few bushes. 



191 Hume, No. 118 ; Blanf, No. 1027. Merops philippinus.— The 

 Blue-tailed Bee-eater. 



This is the common Bee-eater of these parts. On one teelah, 

 where there had been a landslip, the side was burrowed with their nest- 

 holes. The young have a queer habit of walking backward when being 

 fed by the hand. 



Order Bucerotes. 

 Family Bucerotidce. 

 Genus IHchoceros (Gloger, 1842). 

 Hume, Nos. 140 & 140 bis; Blanf., No. 1051. Dichoceros 

 bicornis. — The Great Pied Hornbill. 



Common. It is a forest-loving bird, but seldom seen in the open. 

 It is very tenacious of life. I once hit one with a charge of No. 6 

 shot in the head at a very close range. The bird dropped to the shot, 

 but took a long time to kill. 



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