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above the water, the majority of which contained eggs rather hard set, two 

 nests containing young. Four eggs is the normal chitch and the nests 

 appeared to be grouped together, 4 or 5 pairs building in close proximity. 

 This bird migrates through Lahore in April and May and again in October. 



The eggs of this bird are very variable in shape, size and markings, some 

 being large and oval, others smaller and obtuse, and the character of the 

 markings vary from speckling to blotching. The Fauna records that the 

 only place in the plains where this bird has been found breeding is Sind. 



377. The Moustached Sedge-Warbler [Lusciniola melano2}ogon). 



I saw large numbers of this species on Kaisapur Jhil between the 9tli and 

 19th August, but whether they were on migration or are resident I cannot 

 say with certainty. 



I however came across several nests from which the young had 

 flown, which struck me as being too small for nests of the Indian Great 

 Reed- Warbler and which were situated just above the level of the water, 

 which denoted that they had been built earlier in the season, in May or June 

 before the monsoon sets in when the level of the Jhil rises considerably. 



It is therefore just possible that these birds breed there. The two 

 specimens I shot for identification were moulting though I saw several birds 

 in very fine plumage. 



882. Franklin's Wren- Warbler (Franklinia gracilis). 



I found two nests of this species at Malikpur on the 1st and the 6th 

 August 1915, each containing two eggs, and exactly resembling a tailor 

 birds in structure. I have not come across this species anywhere in the 

 Punjab or North- West Frontier Province outside the Gurdaspur and Kangra 

 Districts. 



463. The Yellow-bellied Wren- Warbler {Prinia Jlaviventris). 



A common species on Kaisapur Jhil in August. This is the only locality 

 in the Punjab in which I have met with this species, but this may be because 

 I have not been in other likely places in the hot weather. 



465. The Jungle Wren- Warbler (Frinia sylvatica). 



Plentiful at Malikpur where I found three nests, one of which had 4 eggs, 

 on 6th August 1914. I have not observed this species elsewhere in the 

 Punjab and the above would appear to be an extension of range for the 

 species, whose western limit according to the Fauna, appears to be a line 

 drawn from Outch to Garhwal. 



544. The Black-headed Myna (Temenuclius fagodaruni). 



Breeds 'at Gurdaspur. Except for a single straggler at Lahore, I have 

 only come across this species in the plains of the Punjab at Gurdaspur, 

 Hoshiarpur, Ambala and Karnal. 



In the Fauna its range is given as the whole of India proper as far east as 

 the longitude of Calcutta but it is certainly absent from the major portion of 

 the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province so far as the plains go. 



558. The Sooty Flycatcher [Hemichelidon sibirica). 



On 31st July 1914 I observed a solitary individual at Malikpur which 

 disappeared the next day. I have also seen it in the Kangra Valley in 

 September. 



723. The Striated Weaver-bird {Ploceus manyar). 



I found nests with eggs on Kaisapur Jhil on 11th and 18th August 1914. 

 The nests were suspended from bull-rushes growing in water a long distance 

 from terra firma. Here again the Fauna gives the distribution of this 

 species as the whole of India proper but so far as the Punjab is concerned I 

 have not met with it outside the Gurdaspur district, and if it should occur 

 elsewhere in the Punjab I fancy it is confined to the vnmediate neighbour- 

 hood of Jhils. 

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