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Sylvia nana,— The Desert Warbler. In the fort bills near Sanzal. 



Scotocerea inqwkta, — The Streaked Scrub-Warbler. Very common in 

 the low scrub on the desert round Cbaman. 



Lanius assimilis, — The Allied Grey Shrike. One specimen shot near 

 Sanzal. 



Oriolus kundoo,— The Indian Oriole. Common in gardens. Mostly 

 immature specimens seen. 



Sturnus porphyronotus, — The Central Asian Starling. In Chaman in 

 flocks in December. 



Saxicola chrysopygia,- — The Red-tailed Chat. One specimen shot at 

 Bogra in September. 



Tharrhuleus Jerdoni, — Jerdon's Accentor. At Chaman and at Saranan in 

 January and March; at the latter place in small flocks in the bushes in the tanks. 



Rhodospiza obsoleta (Licht). In Chaman in flocks in the gardens, in August 

 and September and again in March, sometimes 20 or 30 at a time on railings 

 and telegraph wires. 



Passer hispaniolensis, — The Spanish Sparrow. In large flocks in gardens, 

 &C, in October, November and December. 



Embenza schcpniclus, — The Reed-Bunting. Chaman, December. 



Emberiza Stracheyi, — The Eastern Meadow-Bunting. One specimen 

 obtained in Chaman in November. 



Motacilla personata,— The Masked Wagtail. Fairly common in Chaman 

 in the winter. 



Anthus spinoletta, — The Water Pipit. Common in lucerne beds at Chaman 

 in winter. 



Melanocorypha maxima, — The Long-billed Calandra Lark. On the 

 desert in the winter. I kept one as a pet for some time which had hurt itself 

 on the telegraph wires. 



Poona, March, 1903. 



J. W. WATSON, 

 Captain, I.M.S. 



No. XIX.-NOTE ON HIERAETUS FASCTATUS. 



A pair of these birds visited our poultry yard for some months and 

 accounted for 30 out of 40 (Bushire) chickens. I had long decided to shoot 

 them, but their visits being at short intervals— sometimes in the forenoon, 

 sometimes the afternoon — we were always taken unawares, and it was only 

 when a commotion among the poultry announcing that another chick had 

 been added to their list of victims, that we knew of their presence in the 

 neighbourhood. Being shy birds, after securing their prey they were off as 

 fast as wings could bear them and I only got an occasional glimpse at them as 

 they were flying away, and concluded they were Falco communis, which are 

 to be seen here occasionally. 



A servant, who had seen the birds carry off a chick, when mentioning the 



circumstances, stated the birds first sat on the ground a short distance from 

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