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chest. A few inches of shaft was also found detached from the arrow heads. 

 The arrow heads must have been in the bison for years. There was abso- 

 lutely no sign of any wound in the skin and the bull was an old one and 

 in good condition. 



One of the arrow heads is 7| inches long, the other is 1\ inches. They 

 weigh 3 tolas and 2| tolas respectively. They were deeply embedded in the 

 body of the bison and not near the surface, yet to all external appearances they 

 did not inconvenience him. The natives of these parts shoot bison whenever 

 they get a chance. A few months back some of them killed a solitary bull 

 with bows and arrows. The horns had a spread of just over 40 inches. 



H. TYLER, I.C.S. 

 buadrachalam, 



Godavari ; Madras, 



bth June 1905. 



No. XXL— BIRDS' NESTING NEAR MHOW, C.I. 



I was staying for a short time in the Nerbudda Valley in March and April 

 at a spot about 20 miles east of Mortakka Station on the K.-M. Railway, and 

 I noticed the following facts about the birds there which may possibly be 

 of interest. 



On April 2nd I saw a small creeper that I did not know, so I shot it and 

 it turned out to be a Spotted-Grey Creeper (Salpornis spilono(a). I do not 

 think it was nesting and I did not see a second bird. It was climbing up and 

 down the trunks of the trees searching for insects and allowed me to approach 

 quite near ; unluckily I only had No. 4 shot with me and the bird was very 

 much spoilt in consequence. I also saw the Indian Crested Swift (31acroptery:r 

 coronata) on several dates and in several spots flying about, but did not 

 succeed in finding a nest though I searched hard in several places. I never saw 

 more than two at a time. The common Golden-backed Woodpecker (Jra- 

 chypternus aurantius) was nesting everywhere. I took three eggs from a tree on 

 March 24th, but in no other hole could I find eggs during the whole of my stay 

 in the place which lasted till April 29th. 



I also noticed the Yellow-fronted Pied Woodpecker (Lioiicus mahratteruis) 

 but did not notice the nest hole. 



I found the eggs of the Painted Sand-grouse (Fterocles fascialm) on March 

 28th. They were laid on the ground in a very slight depression which ccntairtd 

 two or three pieces of dry grass, and were situated in a fairly open patch of 

 jungle under cover of a small scraggy bush ; incubation had just begun I saw 

 several other birds, generally in pairs, throughout my stay, but did not discover 

 any more eggs. 



The Southern Green Pigeon (Crocopus cMorogasier) was nesting. I noticed 

 two nests, one on March 28th and the other on April 6th, both in " Temru " trees 

 and about 15 and 8 feet from the ground respectively ; the first had two eggs 

 and the other one, quite fresh, 



