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to do at last for the sake of peace, but only to drop 

 them at once. I had to part them at last, as the Pekin 

 got so weary of his attentions that she used to lose 

 her temper with him, and I thought that if he lost his 

 once with her there might be no more Pekin. She 

 now resides with an English Robin, whose indiffer- 

 ence is equal to her own. 



Botes on tbe Bcstina of tbe 3nt)ian 

 2)abcbic[^. 



By Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



IN 1902 I contributed to the Zoologist some 

 notes on the nesting of the Indian Dabchick 

 (Podicipes capejisis) on the tank or pond in the 

 Indian Museum grounds. Those notes covered 

 a period from October 1900, to March 1901 ; the 

 present paper contains notes for several months of 

 1902, during which I was again in a position to take 

 pretty continuous notes. 



The Indian Dabchick very closely resembles our 

 familiar bird at home, differing in having the secon- 

 daries white ; but this colour is not noticeable when 

 the wing is completely closed. The pair under 

 observation were altogether free and independent, but 

 very tame, although never fed ; the size of their home 

 was about sixty yards by eighty, and they seldom 

 left their pond. The young, which cannot stand at 

 first and care little for swimming either at this time, 

 are most beautiful little objects, with streaky upper 

 surface and white bellies, a red patch on the crown, 

 and pink bills. They are carried much by the 

 parents, resting on the back underneath the wings, 

 with only their heads out. The last young bird of 

 the season was allowed to remain by the parents. 



The European Dabchick undergoes a seasonal 



