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It then frequently settles on the ground; but I have never 

 flushed it from the ground when beating for game in the daytime, 

 as is often done with C. asiaticus. It breeds in the beginning of 

 April or end of March. Its eggs, intermediate in size between 

 those of the last two species, are of much the same colour. I pre- 

 sented specimens of eggs of these three species of Caprimulgi to 

 the Zoological Society in 1864 (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375). 



116. Harpactes hodgsoni. Red-headed Trogon. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. Found in heavy timber-trees 



in the valley of Little Rungeet River. H. fasciatus was pro- 

 cured by Col. Tickell in Dhulbhoom, in Maunbhoom; but I 

 have not yet seen a specimen. 



117. Merops viridis. Common Indian Bee-eater. 

 Common at Barrackpore in the cold weather, arriving about 



the end of October. Breeds in Maunbhoom, where it is tolera- 

 bly common, at the beginning of April. The eggs, two in num- 

 ber, are very round and of a pure clear white. The nest-hole is 

 excavated in the ground. 



118. Merops philippensis. Blue-tailed Bee-eater. 

 Found at Barrackpore only during the rains, from July to the 



end of October, and is then in moulting-plumage. When the 

 cold weather sets in about the beginning of November, it dis- 

 appears, and is replaced by M. vii-idis. 



123. CoRACiAS iNDiCA. Indian Roller. 



Common in Maunbhoom ; more so towards the beginning of 

 the hot weather. Is said by the natives to breed there in holes 

 of trees ; but I have not hitherto procured the eggs. It breeds 

 in the station of Bancoorah in April. The kind of trap called a 

 chou-guddi, described by Dr. Jerdon under the notice of this 

 bird, is frequently used by the natives of Maunbhoom, but 

 chiefly for the capture of Ruticilla rufiventris and Thamnohia 

 cambayensis. 



127. Halcyon leucocephalus. Brown-headed Kingfisher. 

 I have only observed this fine bird in the neighbourhood of 



