MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 841 



The off antler measures 29£", the middle antler 30" and the near (additional) 

 antler 20§-". There are three distinct pedicles, three burrs and there was skin 

 in between all the three antlers. It will be noticed that the additional antler 

 has two tines and the lengths of the three brow antlers are, off 10£", middle 

 10|", near 6f". 



The body of the animal was exceptionally large : — 



Length from tip of nose to root of tail along curves ... 73|-" 

 Height at shoulder... ... ... ... ... 39" 



Girth behind foreleg ... ... ... ... 45" 



J. A, FIELD, Lieut., r.e. 

 Jubbultore, C. P., 5th November 1906. 



No. XXVIIL-THE OOLOGY OF INDIAN PARASITIC CUCKOOS. 



In No. 2 of Yol. XVII Mr. Stuart Baker mentions my obtaining an egg of 

 Cvculus iwliocephalus in the nest of Oligura castaneicoronata. It was, as he wrote, 

 obtained on the 6th of July but the elevation given is not correct. It was 

 found at Tonglu which is 10,000 ft. high. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 

 Baghownie Fty., Dabbhanga. 

 26th October 1906. 



No. XXIX.— A STRANGE FOSTER-MOTHER. 



My wife has a pet pigeon (female), the male bird having disappeared some 

 two years ago. She lays some two eggs about every six weeks or two months 

 and patiently sits on them, but of course in vain. 



A few weeks ago my wife was given two quite young grey palm squirrels 

 which she placed in the cage with the pigeon, which proceeding the bird 

 naturally strongly objected to. A few mornings ago however my wife went to 

 the cage as usual to feed them, and seeing only the pigeon, hunted high and 

 low for the squirrels, but not finding them she returned to the cage and when 

 she disturbed the pigeon she found much to her surprise a squirrel under each 

 wing and the eggs under her. Ever since then the squirrels always sleep under 

 the pigeon's wings. When I went into my wife's room a few minutes ago one 

 of the squirrels was comfortably settled under a wing of the pigeon. 



F. YOUNG. 



Kolhapue, 31st October 1906. 



No. XXX— NESTING OF THE HOBBY (FALCO SEVEIiUS) 

 IN INDIA. 



Dr. Blanford in the " Fauna of British India, Birds," Vol. Ill, page 423, says 

 that the nest of the hobby has not been taken in India, so it may be of interest 

 to some of the readers of the Journal to hear that I found a nest in Hursil in 

 Tehri Garhwal, about 30 miles from the eource of the GaDges, at an elevation 



