BIRDS OF THE GUJRANWALA DISTRICT. 691 



110. The Jungle Babbler — Craterops canorus (L.^. 



Common and resident, being more frequently seen in the 

 gardens of Civil Lines than the last species, which is more a bird 

 of the open cultivation. Some nests were found in June and July. 



139. The Yellow-eyed Babbler — Pyctorhis sinensis (Gm.). 



Not uncommon in the gardens of Civil Lines, where it breeds 

 and is probably resident, I found an empty nest in June, built in 

 the top of a clipped " Sanatta " hedge and another nest contain- 

 ing three fresh eggs on July 28th. This nest was built about 3 

 feet from the ground in a fork formed by 4 stems of a mulberry 

 sapling in a neglected and somewhat overgrown part of the 

 Sessions Court Garden, l^he eggs measured respectively IS'-S X 

 14-5; 19-5X14-5; 17-5 X 14-5 mm. 



226. The Indian White-eye — Zosterojjs palpebrosa (Temm.). 



Only met with in the district during my visit in December 1913, 



278. The Madras Red-vented Bulbul — Molpastes hcemorrhous (Gm.). 



288. The Punjab Red-vented Bulbul — Molpastes intermedius (Hay.). 



Both the above forms of Red-vented Bulbul may be expected 

 to occur in the District, but the specimens obtained by me were 

 somewhat intermediate in character with the chocolate ear- 

 coverts of the latter and the sharply defined cap of the former. 

 Anyhow Red-vented Bulbuls are common and resident, while 

 nests were found in May, June and July. 



327. The Black Drongo — Dicrurus ater (Herm.). 



Although this species is common, and occurs throughout the 

 year in the district, its numbers probably decrease during the 

 winter. Many nests were observed in June and July. 



363. The Indian Great Reed- Warbler — Acrocephalus stentoreus (H. and E.). 



Met with on two occasions only ; a male was shot at Kamoke, 

 on 12th May, where it was found in a small patch of thickly crowd- 

 ed saplings by the Grand Trunk Road. The other was a female, 

 and was shot on the 6th of August, as it was hunting for insects 

 at the top of one of the Kikur trees of the plantation by the 

 Canal banks. 



366. Blyth's Reed- Warbler — Acrocephalus dumetorum (Blyth). 



A very common spring and autumn passage migrant, at which 

 periods it may be found creeping about the tops of the trees, 

 or frequenting any available patch of cover, or skulking in the 

 undergrowth. The neighbourhood of water appears to have no 

 special attraction for it. Attention is usually drawn to the bird 

 by its chipping note, but in spring its low and pretty song is fre- 

 quently to be heard. 



On the spring migration, the first individual was noted on the 

 3rd of April, and it soon became common, and remained so until 

 the middle of May ; all had gone by the end of the month. It 

 was not long absent, however, as I met the first bird of the 

 return migration on 16th July, they did not become common 

 until about the end of the month, but many were seen in August. 

 During the first half of September, I was away in the Hills, but 



