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if I am ever at the place again in April or May. Lots of 

 Shearwaters {Pvffinus kuhli) were sitting on the water or 

 skimming over its surface, and we saw a small bird on the 

 island which looked like one of the Wheatears ; it apparently 

 had young, by the persistent way it returned to some rocky 

 debris. 



The following are the measurements of the clutches of 

 the eggs of Falco eleonorce : — 



1st clutch. 2nd clutch. 3rd clutch. 



43 X 35 mm. 44 x 35 mm. 42 x 35 mm. 



41x35 mm. 44 x 35 mm. 43x35 mm. 



44x34 mm. 45 x 35 mm. 41x35 mm. 



Yours &c., 



A. M. Farquhar, Capt. R.N. 



Sirs, — During August of the present year I procured a 

 male specimen of the large Indian Weaver-bird {Ptoceus 

 megarhynchus Hume) in the Calcutta bird-market. The 

 dealer from whom I purchased it told me that he had bought 

 it a few days previously at a fair at Gorakhpur, in the North- 

 West Provinces. Mr. Hume's types now intheBritish Museum 

 were obtained from Kaladoongi, near Naini Tal, North-West 

 Provinces. The two specimens obtained by Mr. Finn for 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta, also came from Naini Tal. 

 Gorakhpur is 300 miles south-east of Naini Tal, and 100 miles 

 south of the Nepal territory. 



I had no difficulty in recognising the specimen, from the 

 excellent coloured plate in tiie January number of ' Tlie 

 Ibis'; also because I was already acquainted with the two 

 birds obtained by Mr. Finn — one of which is now on deposit 

 at the London Zoological Gardens, whilst the other is pre- 

 served in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. The bird, when I 

 first obtained it, was in brilliant summer plumage ; it is now 

 (Novembei') rapidly assuming the more sombre winter garb. 

 Since Mr. Finn's recent return to India from Europe I have 

 referred the bird to him, and he agrees with my identification. 



Yours &c., 



1 A Camac Street, Calcutta, India, E. W. Harper. 



November 21st, 1901. 



