BIRDS OF GONDA DISTRICT. 
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Scientific name. 
English name. 
Remarks. 
1019 
Xantholsema hsema- 
tocephala. 
Crimson-bre a s t e d 
Barbet. 
1 
Very common. April to June. 
1022 
Coracias indica 
Indian Roller 
Holes of trees. April, May. 
1026 
Merops viridis 
Indian Bee-eater . . 
Burrows in banks, bunds, etc. 
May, June. 
1027 
Merops phihppinus. 
Blue-tailed B e e- 
eater. 
Partially migratory, comes 
here about March, April 
when it commences to look 
out for nesting site. They 
make their holes in river 
banks, field bunds, etc. 
1031 
Nyctiornis ather- 
toni. 
1033 
Ceryle varia 
1043 
Pelargopsis gurial . . 
1044 
Halcyon smyrnensis. 
1053 
Anthracoceros albi- 
rostris. 
Blue-bearded Bee- 
eater. 
Pied Kingfisher. 
Stork-billed Bling' 
fisher. 
White - breasted 
Kingfisher. 
Indo-Burmese Pied 
Hornbill. 
1062 
Lophoceros birostris. 
Grey Hornbill 
Breeds in holes of stream 
banks in the forests. Nest 
holes are sunk deep, 8 to 10 
feet. 
Common along all the streams, 
in the banks of which they 
nest. January, April. 
Several of their nest holes exa- 
mined but no eggs found, 
they select the heavily- wooded 
streams in forests. 
Fairly common. Nests in 
banks, either streams, or 
tanks. 
Common in the northern forests 
here. Large holes in trees, 
the entrance to which is par- 
tially closed after the female 
has entered. Whilst she is 
sitting all her feathers fall off 
I am told ; how she manages, 
on being Uberated ‘informant 
sayeth not.’ Lay in April, 
May. 
Very common all over this Dis- 
trict. Lays in holes of large 
trees, partly closing entrance 
after female has entered, the 
hen does not lay her eggs im- 
mediately she shuts herself 
up, as I have on three occa- 
sions dug out the hole to find 
no eggs, although the male 
bird was seen feeding her. 
Lays in May. 
