24(5 Holiday JS'otes from Eastbourne. 



SAvallows and House Martins, were showing aviators how liying 

 should be done, and many Larks could be heard pouring forth 

 their delightful song. To some a lark is just a bird, to me 

 it is one of the most marvellous of living creatures. Soaring 

 almost out of sight, and even with the exertion of flying, it 

 pours forth at the same time a flood of melody our greatest 

 singers might well envy. Further along the road I ^noticed some 

 Warblers, Willow, I think, but something alarmed them, and I 

 had not time to identify them, about here a \Yren. {Troglodytes 

 parvulus) popped out on to a gate post, a perky little fellow, 

 with tail erect, poured forth a challenge, at least so I con- 

 strued it, the volume of song this little chap gives forth is 

 surprising, quite sufficient sound for a bird six times his size. 

 Towards the close of my ramble, I saw creeping topsy turvy 

 about some tree branches, Great Tits (Parus major) and also 

 Blue Tits, commonly called Tom-Tits (Paruscmiileus); a few 

 Coal Tits {Parus ater) I had seen earlier in the day. Being 

 about five o'clock I had to hurry along as we dined at 6-30. 

 Many of the birds I have mentioned I again saw. Crossing a 

 field, on some w^aste, I saw a Moor -hen {GalUnula chloropus)., 

 and also a Partridge took flight at my approach. Although 

 nothing rare had been seen, a most enjoyable day had been 

 spent. I hope that other members will take some notes and 

 send along an account of the birds they notice. Surely with 

 our membership, nearly every corner of the British Isles must 

 be visited, and records would be most interesting reading. 



An Island on the River Jhelum Punjab, 



By High Whistler, I. P., M.B.O.U. 



Not long ago I dismounted from my horse at the edge 

 of the River, Jhelum where a boat was waiting for me to 

 embark; opposite to the spot, in the middle of the swiftly 

 flowing water was a small heavily wooded island, attracting 

 attention as being unusual in these parts, where the islands 

 are as a rule mere sandbanks, or else flat cultivated stretches 

 with scarcely a tree of any size; some three or four hundred 

 yards up stream was a similar but smaller and less densely 

 wooded island. 



A couple of months earlier I had found some Little 



