1922.] Birds of Jhang District. 271 



birds pa.«s away by the beginnino- of October, but some remain 

 throuobout tbe month, and in 1917 and 1919 it was fairly 

 common up till the end of December. In the drought of 

 1918, on the otlier hand, I saw onl}' a single bird in November 

 and none at all in December. 



From January till the end of March the Pastor is away 

 from the district. Two small parties of stragglers seen in 

 January 1918 and March 1920 merely served to emphasise 

 the absence of the hordes of this species. 



About the second week of April the return migration sets 

 in, and lasts until about the middle of May, but the species 

 is not nearly so abundant at this season as on the autumn 

 passage. 



Acridotheres tristis (L.). (5 skins.) 



Resident, most abundant and generally distributed. 

 Breeds from April to July. 



Acridotheres ginginianns (Lath.). (2 skins.) 



A resident, fairlv common and generally distributed. It 



appears to move about a good deal, and may be migratory to 



some extent, as my records for August and September are 



much more numerous than those of any other month. 



Oriolus oriolus kundoo Sykes. 



A summer visitor, but mostl}' contined to the canal areas. 

 The earliest and latest dates on which it was observed were 

 2 April, 1918. and 1 September, 1919. 



Dicrurus ater ater (Herm.). (4 skins.) 



A resident, generally but sparsely distributed throughout 



the district, and distinctly less abundant than in the central 



and northern Punjab. It is probable that there is a slioht 



immigration of breeding birds during the sunnner. 



Uroloncha malaltarica (L.). (2 skins.) 



An abundant resident and generally distributed. It is 

 particularly partial to the seeds of the " Pampas grass,"' 

 where it feeds in company with S. amandava and Passer 

 pyrrlwnotus. Eggs were found in August, September, and 

 December. 



