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727. Hodgson's Munia [Uroloncha acuticauda). 



1 saw a pair of Munias which I am nearly certain belongs to this species 

 (though 1 did not shoot one) feeding in a field at Malikpur on 8th August 

 1914. I have not come across this bird elsewhere in the Pvmjab and this 

 would appear to be an extension of its range. 



813. The Swallow (Hirundo rustica). 



Early in August at Malikpur I observed three young birds sitting on a 

 telegraph wire, being fed by their parents, from which I presume that this 

 species breeds there, as I think the birds were too young to have flown far 

 and I have found it breeding at other places in the plains, viz., Peshawar. 

 Prom what I could observe through glasses the birds appeared to be inter- 

 mediate between H. rustica and H. yutturalis rather than pure H. 

 fustica. 



838. Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail {Motacilla citreoloides) . 



I saw large numbers of this species, including a large proportion of 

 young birds on Kaisapur Jhil in the beginning of August. The birds were 

 evidently passing through on migration as the Jhil would be swarming with 

 them on one day and there would be very few the next. The two specimens 

 I shot were young birds and could not be distinguished with certainty from 

 M. citreola which is a migrant to Lahore, but the very black upper plumage 

 of the majority of the birds I saw flying about makes it pretty certain that 

 they belonged to the present species and not to M. citreola. 



1012. The Blue-throated Barbet {Ci/a7iops asiatica). 



Found a nest which contained young in a mango tree at Malikpur on 5th 

 August 1914. This is the only place in the plains of the Punjab where 1 

 have observed this species. 



1090. Franklin's Nightjar (^Caprimul(]us monticola). 



At Malikpur early in August I flushed a smallish brown coloured nightjar 

 which rose with a chuckle and which 1 believe is referable to this species. 

 This is also 1 think the nightjar which I have observed in the lower Hima- 

 layas at Abbottabad in June, on the road to Murree and at Mirpur in the 

 Kangra Valley in September and at Gurdaspur in August. 



1129. The Sirkeer Cuckoo {Taccocua lesclienaulti). 



I found a nest containing four eggs of this species at Malikpur on 7th 

 August 1914. 



The nest was lined with green leaves and was situated in the thick 

 growth at the end of a branch of a mulberry tree and was well concealed. 



The Fauna states that this bird is rare m the Punjab and this is the only 

 occasion on which I have met with it. 



1307. The Spotted Dove (Turtur suratensis). 



I found a nest with one young one and others in the course of constrviction 

 on 4th August 1914 at Malikpur. As far as I am aware this bird does not 

 breed elsewhere in the Punjab plains and at Lahore is a migrant passing 

 through in July, August, September and again in April. 



1398. The Ruddy Crake [Amaurornis fuscus) . 



On Kaisapur Jhil in August I came upon a small brown Crake with a good 

 deal of rufous about it which I think was this species. 1 got a good view of 

 the bird for a quarter of a minute at a distance of only 5 yards, but before 

 1 could raise my gun it was oft". 



1402. The Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). 



I saw this species on Kaisapur Jhil and found a typical Moorhen's nest 

 which was empty on 16th August 1914. 



1404. The Purple Moorhen ( Porphyrio poliocej^Jialus). 



This species is very nuixierous on Kaisapur Jhil where it is resident. I 

 found nests with eggs on 18th August 1914. I have not observed it else- 

 where in the Punjab. 



