406 Mr. H. Whistler on the [Ibis, 



Palaeornis eupatria nepalensis (Hodgs.). (2 skins.) 



The Alexandrine Parrakeet is an abundant resident, 

 generally distributed and noticeable everywhere from its 

 marked habit of " flighting " to roost. It is particularly 

 partial to the rest-house gardens along the canals, breeding 

 in the roofs of the bungalows and roosting in large numbers 

 in the trees around them. Eggs are laid in February and 

 March, the usual clutch consisting of three to five eggs. 

 Sixteen eggs yield tlie following measurements : — Length 

 34-38 mm., breadth 27-31 mm. ; average 35-2 x 28-8 mm. 



Palaeornis torquatus (Bodd.) . (3 skins.) 



Generally distributed, resident, and even more abundant 



than the last species, whose evening flight and roosting- 



places it shares, although the two species do not combine 



into joint flocks. Eggs are laid in March. 



Palaeornis cyanocephalus cyanocephalus (L.). 



I saw a single male of this species amongst a number of 

 P. nepalensis and P. torquatus collected to roost in the 

 garden of the canal rest-house at Muradwala in November 

 1917. 



Tyto alba javanica (Gm.). (1 skin.) 



A single pair of Barn-Owls were flushed from a hole 

 in a huge Bhor-tree behind the rest-house at Chund on 

 19 February, 1918, and the climber reported a single egg 

 in the hole. I was unable to visit the place again person- 

 ally, but an orderly whom I sent to secure the clutch on 

 3 March brought back one of the parent birds and reported 

 that there were no eggs in the hole. 



Bubo benghalensis (Frankl.). 



Only occurs in the district on the small hills near Yaku- 

 wala, where a single bird was seen on 23 February, 1919, 

 and a pair on 2 August, 1919. One of these latter, when 

 disturbed, sat on a rock in the open, bowing and squawking 

 at me. I found its eyrie in a hollow between some rocks, 

 and the pellets that lay around were found to contain many 

 remains of Tativa indlca, the Indian Gerbille. 



