Birds of the Jhelum District. 115 



Ardeola grayi. The Pond Heron. 



757.15.6.1913. Jlielum. S- Wing 219 mm. 



A resident, Avhose numbers are greatly increased during 

 the breeding-season by immigration. These additional birds 

 appear to arrive about May and depart again in September 

 and the first half of August. It nests in June and July in 

 any suitable clump of trees. 



[Feet flesh-coloured tinged with yellow, claws black ; 

 facial skin yellow-green ; bill : basal half blue, median 

 portion and commissure yellowish, terminal third black. — 

 C. B. T.-] 



Butorides javanica. The Little Green Heron. 



779. 5.7.1913. Jhelum. ? . 



This specimen was shot on the sandy shore of the island 

 mentioned above as the breeding-place of the Egrets. The 

 ovaries, however, were but slightly developed. Another or 

 the same individual was seen on the 21st of June near the 

 golf-course. 



Nycticorax griseus. The Night Heron. 



761. 16.6.1913. Jhelum. S- 



A common summer visitor, arriving towards the end of 

 March and leaving at the end of August and beginning of 

 September. A few nests were found in the Egret colony 

 in June. 



• Phoenicopterus roseus. The Common Flamingo. 



Capt. Whitehead informs me that Flamingoes are common 

 throughout the winter in the Salt Range Lake of Kallar 

 Kahar. Although I did not visit the lake myself, I had an 

 opportunity of examining a skin obtained there, and found 

 it to belong to this species. 



Anser ferus. The Grey Lag Goose. 



A common winter visitor to the neighbourhood of the 

 river and to the Kallar Kahar Lake. Noted as late as 

 March 22. 



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