MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 673 



The call notes of P. alchata and P. senec/allus very usefully serve to 

 differentiate these two species when on the wing. The former has a single 

 ••Caw" like note, the latter a bisyllabic note or chuckle, 



H. A. F. MAGRATH, Lt.-Col. 

 Basra, 2nd February 1919. 



Xo. XXI.— THE BURMESE PEAFOWL {PAVO MUTICUS)1N THE 

 CHITTAGOXG HILL TRACTS, BENGAL. 



In Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Mr. Stuart Baker mentions the above bird as 

 being found in Gurunia and Ramoo in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Mr. 

 Marchant of the Provincial Forest Service informs me that the place is 

 (larjania and that Ramoo is a sort of a petty township in the Garjania 

 circle. He had a live specimen sent to him about 3 years ago which he 

 liberated in the Sitakund jungles. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 



Baghowinie Fty., 

 Lakekia Sakai, 10th Aiir/ust 1918. 



No. XXII.— NIDIFICATION OF STONE'S PHEASANT 

 {PHASIANUX BLEGANS). A CORRECTION. 



In Vol. XXV, No. 3, Mr. Stuart Baker mentions ten eggs he received 

 from me which he said were laid by a hen of a pair kept in an aviary by 

 me. He must have misunderstood me. I probably wrote that the eggs 

 were laid in captivity. The eggs which were a part of a clutch of o were 

 given to me by Mr. O. Bertling. I believe they w'ere received by him from 

 the late Mr. Bartlett. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 



Baghowinie Fty., 

 Lakeria Sarai, IQth August 1918. 



No. XXIII.— THE GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD {EUPODOTIS 

 EDWAKDSI) IN MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, U.P. 



With reference to the note on p. 307 of Volume XXI of the Journal that 

 Bustard and Florican used to be found in this District, this is certainly 

 still so in the case of the Bustard. 



During the rains a few are generally to be seen on the large grassy mai- 

 dans some miles to the South of the station. 



I have also seen them in other localities in the district in November and 

 in March: so presumably they breed here. It is locally known as the 

 •■ dhoom chirya " no doubt from its booming call. 



A friend of mine with long experience of the game birds of this district 

 feels certain he once saw a Florican not far from the station, but it was not 

 bagged and this bird certainly cannot be said nowadays to be found in the 

 district. 



G. 0. ALLEN, i.cs. 



MlRZAlUR, 1913. 



