150 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIF.TY, 1891. 



Baroda in October ; Mr. Doig says that in the Eastern Narra District 

 they breed in October and November. 



Personally I know of only one breeding place, and that is at the 

 village of Hir, about ten miles from Neemueh ; at this place they breed 

 early in March. 



The river runs for some distance between high sloping well- 

 wooded banks ; here and there where the banks- are low, or rather 

 where there is no bank at all, the river widens out into broad shallows ; 

 the village stands on a high rocky bank ; the water on the village 

 side is very deep, and ruus some distance under the bank which is 

 shelving, but on the opposite side is a low sandy plain, and the river 

 forms a broad shallow lake which teems with fish. There are a great 

 many very high trees, some of them in the village itself, and on these 

 trees there were some fifty or sixty nests. 



Considering the size of the birds, these nests seemed very small ; 

 they were constructed of sticks and twigs, and are mere platform s 

 quite unlined. The eggs (I have never found more than four in a 

 nest, but they were fresh, and possibly the birds may lay more) were 

 elongated ovals in shape, pointed at one end ; they are fine and 

 compact in texture, and are unspotted, white in colour. They vary 

 considerably in size and shape, but the average of a large series was 

 2*76 inches in length by about 1*9 in breadth. 



Baroda, October. H. Littledale, B.A. 



Sind, Eastern Narra, October and November. S. B . Doig. 

 Neemueh,, March. H. E. Barnes. 



939. THE SPOONBILL. 



Platalea kucorodia, Lin. 



Generally speaking, the Spoonbill is fairly common in "Western 

 India, but appears to be somewhat rare in Ratnagiri and Kanara. 



They breed in Sind during the months of October and November. 



I have no reliable information of their breeding in any other 

 portion of the Presidency, but they undoubtedly do so. I heard of a 

 colony at Naigaum, near Neemueh, but was unable to verify the fact, 

 and I have been informed that they breed freely in the Runn of Cutch. 



Occasionally a few pairs may be found breeding by themselves, but, 



