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Wazirabad, Sheikapura and Sangla which I had occasion to 

 visit. From July onwards I frequently observed that in the 

 evenings for about an hour before dusk, a number of Ravens, 

 singly, in twos and threes and occasionally in bunches, flighted 

 in a northerly direction across the canal near Gujranwala. 

 These birds, which flew low, at the elevation of the tops of ordi- 

 nary trees, all followed the same line and were evidently birds 

 which had spent the day scavenging round the outskirts of the 

 city and were returning to spend the night at some roosting 

 colony. 



5. The Rook — Corvus frugilegus, L. 



A winter visitor only to the district ; a large number were 

 observed during the last week of December 1913, when I paid 

 a short visit to the station. 



7. The Indian House-Crow — Corvus splendens, Vieill. 



This abundant species is of course resident in the District 

 throughotit the year. It breeds in June and July, the best time 

 to find eggs being in the second half of June and the first half 

 of July. The low Kikur plantations which bordered the canal 

 were a favourite nesting ground, and the birds that bred there 

 seemed less troubled by the attentions of Eudynmnis honorata 

 which deposited their eggs freely in Crow's nests built in the 

 gardens of Headquarters. 



9. The Jackdaw — Corvus monedula, L. 



Found in small numbers in company with the flocks of Rooks 

 during the last week of December 1913. 



16. The Indian Tree-pie — Dendrocitta rufa. Scop. 



Although not uncommon, the wandering Tree-Pie is much less 

 numerous in Gujranwala than inmost Punjab stations. This, I 

 presume, is due to the fact that there are but few well wooded 

 gardens while the country round is of the most open character. 



The only nest found contained an incomplete clutch on the 1st 

 of August, this was a very small cup of sticks built at the 

 extremity of a thin branch at the top of a ^' Chir " tree [Pinus 

 lonffifolia) in a garden. The owners of this nest had been seen 

 carrying sticks as early as 5th July. The birds deserted the nest 

 after its examination. 



31. The Indian Grey Tit — Farus atriceps, Horsf. 



First observed on 10th October, and from then common until 

 my departure on the 1 4th of the month. It is, of course, a winter 

 visitor only to the district, leaving to breed in the Himalayas. 



34. The Green-Backed Tit — Parus monticola, Vig. 



A single individual was noticed in the garden on the 9th of 

 October. I also observed the species during my visit in Decem- 

 ber 1913. 



105. The common Babbler — Argya caudata (Dum.) 



Common and generally distributed. Nests were found on 

 various dates between 5th of April and 18th of September. 



