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MISCKLLANKOrS NOTKS. 



No. 1.— THE 1J1{P:ED1N(J OF THE AVHITE-EAIJED BULBIL 

 ( M OL PA .STI-:S LE UCO 77*). 



[n the Fauna (Volume 1, page 274) the breeding season of this species is 

 piven as " from May to August" ami the number of eggs laid as "three 

 or four." 



In Hmne's " ^'ests and Eggs " (i)age 177 of Volume 1. 2nd Edition) it is 

 noted tluit it breeds "for the most part in .July and August in the Punjab, 

 but somewhat earlier in .Siudh. 1 have, even in Kajputana. seen eggs 

 towards the end of May, but this is the exception." 



It may therefore be worth noting that the breeding season in this 

 district, wh'jre tlu- bird is Common, begins towards the end of March, and 

 that frequently not more than 2 eggs are laid. 



1 give below jiarticulars of nests found this year: — 



March I'Uth. A nest containing 3 eggs, slightly incubated. 



1 egg, nest deserted, 

 hard set. 



slightly incubated, 

 on the point of hatching, 

 incubation just begun., 

 fresh. 

 incubated. 

 ,, ,, .. ,, 2 half-fledged young. 



1 of these nests was in a small Jhand tree {I'romjns spicij/c-ra), 1 in a Kari 

 bush {Capparis apliiflla), o in Ber bushes (Zi'zi/phus jujuia), and 2 in 

 >faikan(la grass. 



H. W. WAITE. 

 Ferozpore, Prx.TAii, lit April 1017. Indian Police. 



[In the British Museum there are two clutches from Jask taken by Mr. 

 S. Butcher on 23rd and 2i)th March lespectively — Eds.] 



No. II.— THE INDIAN GlIACKLE Oil "HILL MVNAH " 

 {GRACULUS INTEUMED1U!S) RESIDENT IN CALCUTTA. 



1 send you the following information as it ma}- interest some of j'mir 

 readers. Last month while spending a week end at the Botanical C4ardens, 

 Sibpur, I was walking round the Gardens with the Curator and on 

 approaching some fine tall trees 1 was greeted by a familiar sound which 

 1 tlid not expect to find down here. On peering about I spotted a fair 

 number of Hill Mynahs in among the topmost branches of the Casuarina 

 and Mahogany trees. On pointing the birds out to my friend, he told me 

 that Lady Prain some 14 years ago lot 4 pairs of Gnaulux intfyhiedius loose 

 in the gardens and that ever since they had stayed and bred here. I think 

 this fact of the Hill Mynah having gone back to his wild state and doing 

 well in a climate like Calcutta is interesting. 



A. E. LOWKIE, Capt., i.a.k.o. 



COXTINENTAL HoTEL, CALCUTTA, 



\'2th June Vm . 



[Thoujrh called the " Hill "" Mynah this bird is not confined to the hills. It is 

 found in the Himalayas. Assam and Burma to Malay Peninsula, and in the Nepal 

 Terai, where it breeds and Ball recorded it from Ganjrpur, Jaipur. Bn-itar. iV:c. 

 A race is found in the Andamans.— Ed.s.^, 



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