302 Mr. H. Whistler on the [Ibis, 



(Enanthe xanthoprymna chrysopygia (De Fil.). (10 skins.) 

 A f'airlj common winter visitor, but more strictly confined 

 than the other Wheatears to the wide plains o£ semi- 

 desert character. It also affects the small hills about 

 Yakuwala. First observed in 1918 on 1 Octob(M-j and in 

 1919 on 19 September. 



Last observed on 25 March in 1918, on 22 February in 1919, 

 and on 1 March in 1920. 



(Enanthe opistholeuca Strickl. (12 skins.) 



Strickland's (!bat is a fairly common winter visitor, 

 arriving about the middle of Auoust (earliest dates 16 August, 

 1918, and 15 August, 1919) and remaining well into March. 

 These birds are then replaced by migrants, which pass 

 through in small numbers during the first fortnight of 

 April. 



Cercomela fusca (Blyth). (2 skins.) 



Only found in the district on the small liills about Yakuw-ala, 



where it is fairly common. As it was found there on both of 



my two visits in February and August 1919, it is doubtless 



resident. 



Saxicola macrorhyncha (Stoliczka). (9 skins.) 



So little is known and on record regardino- this rare Whin- 

 chat, and its future status and even existence is so likely to be 

 affected by the progress of the irrigation systems of India, 

 that I propose to deal with it in some detail. I had previously 

 only met with it in the Sirsa suh-division of the Hissar 

 District, as recorded in the Journal Bombay N. H. Soc. 

 vol.xxiv. p. 191. 



In Jhang District, Stoliczka's Whinchat is very local, and 

 not abundant even where it occurs. Its favourite haunts are 

 the wide plains of a hard, sandy soil, fertile when ploughed 

 and irrigated, but normally of the consistency and appearance 

 of a '' made up "' tennis-court ; they are bare of grass for the 

 most part, but are studded with the small desert plants of 

 " Uck"and''' Karil " (wild Caper), and diversified with small 

 sand-dunes and broken ground. Such plains are common 



