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Forest officers fond of bird life and sportsmen naturalists, -who wander into 

 the haunts of these birds, might be able to throw further light on this very 

 interesting point, for this curious nesting habit is common to all the hornbills of 

 India, Burmah, the Malay Peninsula, and Africa. 



W. OSBORN, Lt.-General. 

 Osborn House, Naggar Kullu, Kangra District, 

 Punjab, 11th March, 1904. 



No. X.— THE BLACK AND YELLOW GROSBEAK 

 (HESPERIPHONA ICTERIOIDES). 

 I send for the Society's Museum a stuffed skin of the male black and yellow 

 grosbeak which I shot at Naggar, Kullu, on the 1st of January 1904. 



This handsome grosbeak is a winter visitant only to this part of the 

 Himalayas, but it does not stay long. I tried to get a specimen of the female 

 bird, the plumage of which differs considerably from that of the male, but 

 could not succeed, chiefly owing to the short stay of this grosbeak in Kullu. 



W. OSBORN, Lt.-General. 

 Osborn House, Naggar Kullu, Kangra District, 

 Punjab, llth March, 1904. 



No. XI.- OCCURRENCE OF THE WHOOPER SWAN {CYGNUS 



MUSICOS) IN SIND. 

 I am sending you for the Society's collection the skin of what appears to be 

 a young whooper swan which was shot on the 31st January last on a sheet of 

 water known aa the Changra Dhand, in the Kambar Taluka, Larkana District, 

 It was the only one seen. 



As, I believe, only one other specimen has been obtained in Sind r the occur- 

 rence is worth recording. 



J. CRERAR, LOS. 

 Larkana, Sind, 12th February, 1904. 



Mr. Crerar is undoubtedly correct in his identification, and the occurrence of 

 this rare bird is certainly worth recording. We have in our collection only 

 one other specimen obtained in India, shot on the River Beas, in Hoshiarpur,. 



and sent to us by General W. Osborn in January 1900. 



EDITORS-. 



No. XII.— THE CRESTED HAWK-EAGLE 

 (SPIZJSTUS CIRRHATUS). 

 I send you a specimen of this bird for the Society^ collection, as, I think, its 

 occurrence here is of interest. The specimen was shot by Capt. Pritchard at 

 Chatrapur on the 7th instant. It had been seen about here since November, 

 and had killed several of his fowls and chickens. Captain Pritchard informs 

 me that he shot another here in 1895. 



There are no forests within many miles of Chatrapur, and the nearest forests, 

 twenty miles away, are thin scrub for the most part. I have not previously 



