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Oachar. Large numbers are snared by the native fowlers. One man told me 

 that he usually snared 100 to 150 from October to January and that they 

 fetched from Rs. 15 to Es. 20 a hundred. This shows what a number of this 

 useful Kingfisher are killed, as in some parts of the country there are small 

 hamlets of these men who do nothing else, during that time of year, but snare 

 these birds. The native name here is Tunlci. 



(130) H, PILEATA, — The Black-capped Kingfisher. 

 Blanford, No, 1045 ; Hume, No, 130. 

 I have already, in this Journal, recorded the occurrence of this species in 

 the District and regret to say it has not been come across again, 



SUB-ORDEK BdCEEOTES. 



Family BuceroticlT. 

 (131) LoPHOCEROS BiROSTEis. — The Common Grey Hornbill. 

 Blanford, No. 1062 ; Hume, No. 144. 

 Very common. They are often seen picking fallen fruit off the ground. 

 The note sounds like pee-ye. Three eggs and a hornbill were brought to 

 Narhar by a native on the 16th April, I was away from home at the time, but 

 the man told my servant that they were got in a mango tree and also men- 

 tioned the birds being closed up inside the hole with dung. The eggs are 

 small for the size of the bird. On the 19th of April I found a nest hole 

 high up in a large Simul tree, a few miles from Narhar. The hole had 

 previously been made by a parrot and must have been enlarged by the 

 hornbills. The male bird flew up at the hole, so I expect the female was 

 safely shut up inside. I could get nobody who dared climb the tree, so was 

 unable to investigate the matter. Native name Duness. 



Sub-order Updpx. 

 Family Upujndce. 

 (132) Updpa epops. — The European Hoopoe. 

 Blanford, No. 1066 ; Hume, No 254. 

 Not uncommon during the cold weather, 



(133) Upupa indica, — The Indian Hoopoe. 

 Blanford, No. 1067 ; Hume, No. 255. 

 Common. Many birds are hybrids between the two species. It breeds in 

 February, March and April. The earliest eggs were got on the 12th Feb- 

 ruary. It is only lately that I have been successful in getting eggs though 

 I have found many nests but all had either young or were deserted. Here 

 they build oftener in holes in the mud walls of houses than in trees. I tried 

 to rear some young ones but they died in a very few days. During the day 

 they were very quiet but in the evening chirruped a lot. On the 26th Feb- 

 ruary, I got a nest with five eggs, two were broken in the nest, from a crack 

 in some mortar on my bungalow roof, and though the hen-bird was handled 

 rather roughly, all her rectrices being pulled out, she has selected a new site 

 for a nest near my chimney. Native name Hud-hud. 



