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just above the level of the nest, which was what first attracted my atten- 

 tion, and I had every opportunity of identifying it, otherwise I should have 

 entertained considerable doubt regarding the ownership of the egg. 



Here again the new station of Dera Ghazi Khan has been but recently 

 built and the bungalows are all new while, as those who have been there 

 know, there are scarcely any trees at all, except quite young ones newly 

 planted. 



The above are two good examples, I consider, of how environment may 

 lead to a change in the most deep-rooted habits, for though it may be no 

 unusual thing to iind an owl breeding in an open nest, it is a decidedly 

 uncommon occurrence in the case of the Parrot family. 



A. J. CURRIE. 

 Rangoon, Dec. 1915. 



No. XXII.— ADDITIONS TO THE "BIRDS OF KOHAT & KURRAM." 



The late Major C. H. T. Whitehead had he lived would, I know, have 

 communicated to the Journal a small list of additions to the Birds of 

 Kohat and Kurram which on various occasions since the publication of that 

 paper were observed or obtained by him and me. In order to make that 

 paper more complete I may as well name the additions which, as far as I 

 know, has not yet been done. The birds are as follows : — 



Greenish Willow-warbler (Acanthopneuste viridanus). 

 Middendorffs Willow-warbler {Acanthopnenste plumbeitarsus). * 

 Blyth's Crowned Willow-warbler (^cft??Mo^weM,s^e trocMloides)* 

 The Rufous Shrike {Lcmius phcenicuroides) . 

 Grey-headed Flycatcher (Culicicapa cei/lonensis). 

 Dark-grey Bushchat {Oreicola ferrea). 

 Pale Crag-Martin {Ptyonoprogne obsoleta), 

 Indian Plaintive Cuckoo ( Cacomantis passerinus) . 

 Long-eared Owl {Asia otus). 

 Collared Pigmy Owlet [Glaucidium brodiei). 

 Cinereous Vulture ( Vultuv vionachus). 

 Honey Buzzard {Pernis cristatus). 

 Mute Swan {Cygnus olov). 

 The above make a total of .349 species for Kohat and Kurram. 



H. A. F. MAGRATH, Lt.-Col. 

 Hangu, IQtli January 1916. 



* Skins were sent to British Museum for identification, with what result 

 I cannot say. 



No. XXIII.— SOME BIRDS FOUND IN THE GURDASPUR 

 DISTRICT, PUNJAB. 



On the several occasions that I have been in the Gurdaspur District, I 

 have been much struck by the dissimilarity between the avifauna of this 

 sub-montane district and that of the Lahore district which borders it to the 

 south-west and a description of some of the birds which are found as 

 Gurdaspur and at Malikpur (in the Gurdaspur district) but which do not 

 occur at Lahore may prove of interest, especially since the record 

 includes several birds whose range so far to the north-west has not been 



