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Mehur and the Munchar. Barnes says this species is very common round 

 Hyderabad breeding in April and May and nests have been found as early 

 as February. Doig considered it resident on the Narra, nesting on 

 " Kuller " ground (bare, salt impregnated ground) and he found nests in 

 May and July. I personally have met with species on several occasions 

 in Lower Sind and I consider it to be resident and the Nightjar of Sind, 

 I found it extremely common on the Narra and Jamrao canals in Decem- 

 ber, inhabiting jungle. In other places T have met with it in quite open 

 desert. 



Caprimulgus europcsus umoini.—-l:int\QT recorded this species as an autumn 

 passage migrant at Hyderabad during September and October arriving in 

 August. This species appears to be a regular passage migrant in Lower 

 Sind, and doubtless in Opper Sind also, on both spring and autumn 

 passages. Tt does not so far as I know breed in Sind. 



Capnmulgus asiaticus. — Murray records this species at Schwan on Nov- 

 ember 27th and Butler says it is not uncommon round Schwan in January. 

 Beyond this I have no knowledge of this species in Sind and I have not 

 met with it myself, even round Schwan. Why it should be so local and 

 what its true status is I have no idea. 



BALUCHISTAN. 



Capvimulgus mahrattensis. — This species appears to be resident in Balu- 

 chistan in suitable places, but does not appear to ocour in the higher 

 mountainous regions, viz., Kelat-Quetta-Ziarat ranges. Gumming found 

 it common in Seistan from April to September breeding April-June. It 

 certainly breeds in the Paff Hills and probably in all the lower hills of 

 Baluchistan. It extends westward as far at all events as Bahu Kelat 

 on the border of Persian Baluchistan. 



Capnmulgus europceus umoini. — This is the Nightjar of the higher moun- 

 tains of Baluchistan to which it is a summer visitor. It breeds round 

 Chaman in May (Barnes) and certainly must breed in the hills r und 

 Quetta, Ziart, Mastung, etc., as also in the higher hills round Panjgur in 

 Central Baluchistan. To the lower hills and coast line as at Ormarsa it 

 is a spring and autumn passage migrant as in Sind. 



Caprimulyus cBgyptius. — Does not come further east than Bampur in 

 Persian Baluchistan. 



