1922,] Birds of J hang District. 411 



that it ■was injured or unwell, but it was reluctant to go far, 

 probably intending to sleep on the plain there. 



Aquila rapax vindhiana Frankl. (4 skins.) 



The Indian Tawny Eagle breeds very commonly in the 



district from December until February, building its nest in 



nearly all cases on Kikur-trees standing in or near cultivation. 



It is a resident species. 



Fourteen eggs yield the following measurements: — Length 



63-72'5 mm., breadth 49'5-54; average G7'2x52*4 mm. 



Hieraaetus fasciatus fasciatus (Vieill.). 



A pair of Bonelli's Eagles were observed every winter in 

 the neighbourhood of the Massan jheels, where they were 

 doubtless resident although 1 was quite unable to find the 

 nest. An occasional bird seen in Jhang city on the one side 

 and at Kadirpur on the other may have been one of the above 

 pair, as they doubtless wander some distance from the eyrie, 

 and the species was not otherwise seen in the district. 



Buteo ferox ferox (Gm.). (1 skin.) 



The Long-legged Buzzard is a winter visitor to the district, 

 common from November until the end of February. The 

 earliest and latest dates on which it was seen were 23 

 October, 1917, and 18 March, 1918. During the winter of 

 1919-1920 it was unusually scarce, and I only saw three in- 

 dividuals in all. The majority are of the pale form, but a 

 very fine example of the black phase was shot on 8 November, 

 1917 (S. R. No. 2034), and one or two other examples of it 

 were seen. 



Circus pygargus (L.). (2 skins.) 



On the spring migration of 1918 several of these Harriers 

 were noted between 30 March and 12 April in the neighbour- 

 hood of Jhang, all on the bare plain that stretches about Hir's 

 tomb. On one evening a party of three and on another 

 evening a party of four were seen sitting on the ground, very 

 loath to fly, as if they were tired migrants. A pair were 

 secured and preserved; it is interesting that the male had 

 powder-down patches but not the female. 



