250 
Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
May and early June) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 57 (passing 
through Chitral early in May) ; Gumming, t. c. p. 68 ( J 
(passing through Seistan in April) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii- 
p. 725 (summer visitor from May till November). 
A fairly common summer visitor to the District and the 
Kurram Valley, up to 3000 feet, from early in May till 
September, being particularly common round Thall, where it 
nests in colonies in the conglomerate cliffs. 
[1026.] Merops yiridis. The Common Indian Bee- 
eater. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 342 (not common at Thall) ; 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 725. 
756. $ ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 28th March. 
Abundant in summer, the majority arriving about the 
20th of March and leaving in the middle of October. In a 
mild year odd birds and even parties of five or six are seen 
at intervals throughout the winter. 
[1027.] Merops philippinus. The Blue-tailed Bee-eater. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 342 (Thall: June). 
We have not met with this Bee-eater in Kohat. Colonel 
Rattray, however, observed a pair at Thall in June. 
Major Magrath has found it not uncommon in Bannu in 
early autumn and has procured an example. It is also very 
common round Rawal Pindi. 
[1028.] Merops persicus. The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. 
Major Magrath saw what he took to he this species in 
large numbers between Basal and the Indus, just outside 
our limits, in July 1907, and also observed an individual at 
Khushalgarh just inside. Another which he obtained in 
Bannu, where the bird is fairly common in summer, is now 
in the National Collection. 
[1029.] Merops apiaster. The European Bee-ea'ter. 
Marshall, J. B. N. II. S. xv. p. 351 (Quetta: common 
summer visitor) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 57 (a few breed in 
Chitral) ; Betham, t. c. p. 749 (nests freely round Quetta) ; 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 725 (abundant in summer). 
