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No. III.— BREEDING SEASONS OF DEER. 



Following up the notes that have appeared in the journal lately, I have to 

 record the following observations in the Bankapur Taluka ( West or Forest 

 region) of the Dharwar district on or about the 1st April 1907 : — 



(1) Four doe Chital (Cervus axis) with five fawns, one doe having two 

 fawns. All the fawns were about the same age and between 2 and 4 

 months old. 



(2) Two doe Muntjac (Cervicitis muntjac) with three-ijuarter grown fawns. 



Camp, Dharwar, 2nd April, 1907. C. HUDSON, i.c.s. 



No. IV.— OCCURRENCE OF ORNITHOPTERA MINOS IN 

 THE AHMEDNAGAR DISTRICT. 



It may perhaps interest those who turn their attention to butterflies for me 

 to record that on the 10th February last I took a specimen (female) of Orni- 

 thoptera minos at a place called Lakephal in this district. This butterfly is, 

 I believe, unknown in this part of the country and, in order to make sure of 

 it, I sent the specimen to Mr. T. R. D. Bell, who gave me the name. 



Camp via Ahmednagar, 5th April, 1907, W. G. BETH AM, i.f.s. 



No. V.— OCCURRENCE OF THE DUSKY OUZEL (MERULA 

 FUSCATA) AT BANNU. 



On the 7th April I shot a Dusky Ouzel (Merula fuscata) here. According to 

 the Fauna of British India, Birds, this species is rare in India and has only been 

 obtained within Indian limits in Assam and Burma. Its occurrence in the 

 N.-W. F. Province must therefore be looked upon as somewhat remarkable. 



Bannu, 9t7i April, 1907. H. A. F. MAGRATH, Major. 



No. VI.— CURIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF AQUILA HASTATA, 

 THE LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE. 



I witnessed the following curious behaviour on the part of Aquila haslata 

 in Nepal last month. I found an eagle's nest rather late one evening and after 

 a deal of beating the tree and throwing sticks, an eagle flew out, so I returned 

 early next morning with a climber to search the nest. The eagle was pluck- 

 ing green leaves in a tree about fifty yards from the nest, and on seeing us 

 approaching, she at once flew to the nest, and after fumbling about in it, flew 

 away but dropped something from her claws after going about thirty yards 

 which my man at once pronounced to be an egg, and on going to the spot 

 where it fell we found it was so, a perfectly fresh egg, but of course smashed 

 to pieces. There was no other egg in the nest ; the bird was shot and proved 

 to be Aquila hastata and would not apparently have laid another egg. 



Two days afterwards I found another nest of the same species in which the 

 bird could be seen sitting, but she absolutely refused to move for sticks and 

 stones, though she shifted about a little, so at last I fired off a gun when she 



