Wagtails at Roost. loi 



Blue-winged Grass Parrakeet fNconaiwdcs chrysostonius > 

 The sexes are rather difficult to distinguish, but the cock 

 has a large and brighter frontal band. Blue- wings will nest in 

 a large cage, but the exercise and sunshine of an outdoor 

 aviary (of the size recommended for Rosellas. etc., or a little 

 smaller), are necessary if young are to be hatched and reared. 

 Young birds are best taken indoors for their first winter, and 

 old ones should be shut up at night and in bad weather. Blue- 

 wings are usually safe with finches, as, indeed, are all the Grass 

 Parrakeets. and I am inclined to think they would not damage 

 growing shrubs. 



Rock Grass Parrakeets (Nconanodes petrophilus). 



Should be fed and treated like the preceding species. It 

 requires artificial heat in winter. 



Elegant Grass Parrakeet ( Nconanodes elegans). 



Should be fed and treated like the Bluewing. The sexual 

 difference is similar. 



To be continued. 



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Wagtails at Roost (30th March, 1919). 



Bv Hugh Whistler,. I. P., F.Z.S.,etc. 



Close to the railway bridge of Chund Barwana, near 

 Jhang over the Chenab river in the western Punjab, there is r- 

 small pool situated within the railway wires. This pool is 

 about 30 yards long, and 10 yards broad, and one end is much 

 choked with tall bullrushes which also extend as a narrow fringe 

 along each side. The pool is situated in the broken ground 

 caused by the excavation of the railway embankment. Being 

 rather deep, it never dries up, even in the severest drought. 



The course of my winter touring recently brought me to 

 Chund, so one evening I wandered down to the pool to see 

 what might be found there of interest. Previous experience 

 had shown me that the reeds of the pool were a fa^•ourite 

 roosting place for Water Pipits (Ant hits blakistotii) and Reed 

 Buntings (Emberka schoeniclus), and I was anxious to see 



