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the cart tracks, where they were probably dusting themselves, 

 as there is no grain traffic on these roads. In both places, 

 but more especially in the Nerbudda vallej'-, I generally got 

 about a brace whenever I went out shootng for an hour 

 or two. I agree with Jerdon in thinking they have crepus- 

 cular or nocturnal habits, as I have seen them flitting round 

 when it was practically dark." 



W. J. Heaviside, Captain, R.E. 



The Close-barred Sand-Grouse. (Vol. I., pp. 65, et seq.) — 



" At page 65 it was stated that this bird had not been 

 as yet obtained in Beluchistan. It may, therefore, interest 

 your readers to know that two specimens were procured last 

 November on the Bhor plain in that country. Aud the 

 officer who killed and gave them to me told me that he saw 

 many more of the same species on the plain. I think I saw a 

 small flock of these birds near the same place in the beginning 

 of January, but could not be certain." 



K. H. C. TUFNELL, M.S.C. 



The Common Pea-Fowl. (Vol. I, pp. 81, et seq.) — 



" Hoonsoor, Mysore, 25tk April. — Took a Pea- Fowl's nest 

 containing four fresh eggs. One of my men first found it 

 about a week ago ; it then contained only one egg. This 

 seems to be an early date for Pea-Fowl to lay in the South 

 though I see that some are said to lay in April in the North." ' 



Charles McInroy, Major. 



The Eastern or Burmese Pea- Fowl, (Vol. I., pp. 93, et seq.) — 



tl The Peacock found in this, the Chittagong district, is the 

 Eastern or Burmese Pea -Fowl, Pavo muticus. 



■' I have seen a live specimen, and have heard of small 

 flocks at Jooykhola in Fatikchiri, the extreme north of the 

 district, at Gurjunia and at Ramoo in the south, and at 

 Rangunia on the Kurnafoolee, where one was shot the other 

 day. These small parties, of four or five birds each, are the 

 only ones I have had khabar of, and they seem to stick 

 a good deal to those neighbourhoods, so that when I asked 

 in various parts of the district if there were any Pea-Fowl 

 about, I used to get the answer, ' There are none here, but 

 there are some near Gurjunia, or at Ramoo, &c.,' as the case 

 might be. I saw the place they frequent at Gurjunia ; it is 



