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KEY TO THE GROUND PLAN. 

 J.— Greenhouse Birclroom 10ft. x 10ft. 

 Ad and J.c— Biixlroom Flights, 10ft. x 4ft. x 7ft. high. 

 .-!&— Concrete Pinth, with entrance doors, to Birdrcom at 6' and 



to Aviary at F. 

 B— Shelter Shed, lOfit. x 6ft., with open doorway entrance from 



flight only at E. 

 C — Flig-ht, except for areas otherwise marked, tlie whole is covered 



with mixed wild grasses, with clumps of dock, cow parsley, 



etc. 

 D— Gravel Path. 



E — Open Doorway Entrance to Shelter Shed Avith concrete l)ase. 

 F.G. — Entrances to Aviary and Birdrcom. 

 H— Concrete Bath, 4ft. l)y 3ft.; depth jin. at sides, Sin. in middle, 



with drain-pipe soak-away underneath. 

 J— Garden Fence, 8ft. high. 

 K — Border, planted with >Sunflowers, Michaelmas Daisies, Crcepei's, 



Nasturjtiums, Ribbon Grass, etc. 

 9 — Standards supporting roof. Rustic Arches over Doorways E 



F, and Pergola across Path D to Doorway F. At the foot 



of each is planted a Raml>ler Rose, Hops, Everlasting Pea, 



Clematis, eitc. 

 Note. — Besides the Bushes, etc., marked on plan, the hank is 



planted with Laurel, Berberis, and luxuriant Docks, Mallow, 



Raspberry, etc. 



Birds in and about the Station (Bakloh, Punjab). 



By Oatt. Gr. A. Pbkkeau, F.Z.S. 

 (Co?itinucd from j^age 208). 



Warblers I i)ropose to skip or practically to do so. We 

 have a good many varieties, ail delightful birds, and some with 

 almost brilliant plumage, but — they are brutes to identify. 

 Unless actually collecting, I do not hold with shooting, and 

 identification from the live bird even in the hand is not easy. 

 Then I regret to say that I cannot find my notes of the few 

 I have identified and lastly it is more than prc'bable that the 

 next Pliylloscopus IniDii you think you see is not that ))ird 

 at all but a near relative. 



The above P. humi is the only one seen in winter. 

 It (or a near relative understood throughout) breeds abundantly 

 in May from 4,500 to 8,000 feet. Gates states that it builds 

 " on " the ground, " in " the ground would be better. The 

 nests I have found have been in a hole in a bank cir among 



