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jamin-trees the preference, but I have found them in neem, 



sheshum, mango, and pipal. 



Average of 11 Lucknow eggs l'19"x "91" 



Measurement of largest egg T24" x "98" 



„ smallest egg T14" X "90" 



No. 1139. Pal^eornis cyanocephalus. Western Blossom- 

 headed Paroquet. 



Lalsira-Tota [H.]. 



A permanent resident, but not nearly so numerous as 

 P. torquatus. It is more abundant in the "rains," from 

 which I fancy that it must be locally migratory. I have 

 never taken the eggs, but Reid got four fresh specimens in a 

 pipal-tree on the 15th of April which averaged "98" X'80". 

 The cry of this bird is less harsh and far more pleasing than 

 that of P. torquatus. 



No. 1152. Strix flammea. Barn-Owl. 



Ulu* [H.]. 



Fairly common in the old buildings and mosques in and 

 round Lucknow. It breeds, I know, in Dilkusha and in the 

 Kaisor-bagh, but I have never been able to get at the nests. 



No. 1153. Strix Candida. Grass-Owl. 



"On one occasion I flushed a solitary Owl, which I took 

 to be the Grass-Owl, in grass- and scrub-jungle near Rahima- 

 bad, but, though I followed it from place to place, the Crows 

 kept bothering it, so that it never rested in one spot long 

 enough to allow me to get a shot. Capt. Irby mentions it 

 under the name of Glaux javanica, and I have little doubt 

 that it occurs, though sparingly, in suitable localities — for 

 instance, in the jungles about the Chowka and Gogra, where 

 Mr. Anderson seems to have met with it (see ' Stray 

 Feathers/ vol. iii. p. 338)/'— G. Reid. 



No. 1157. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. 



The Short-eared Owl is, of course, only a cold-weather 

 visitor, but is then very common in certain localities. It 

 appears to prefer dhak- and grass-jungle, but I have often 

 Hushed it in gram-fields. It is gregarious, often as many 



* Commonly .applied to all Owls. 



