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1229. The Common Pariah- Kite — Milvus yovinda, Sykes. 

 Resident, general and most abundant. 



1233. The Pale Harrier — Circus macrurus (S. G. Gmel.) 



I saw an adult Grey Harrier on the 13th April, and one in the 

 Ring-tail plumage on the 2nd May. Both were probably of this 

 species. 



1237. The Marsh-Harrier — Circus mrwjinosus (L.) 



A common winter visitor. It was first seen on 15th September 

 and was noted occasionally from then until my departure on 

 October 14th, Harriers believed to have been of this species 

 were seen on 4th and 5th of April. 



1244. The Common Shikra — Astur badius (Gmel.) 



A common resident ; it breeds freely in the gardens of Gujran- 

 wala and I found the following nests : — 



April 19th. — One and two slightly incubated eggs brought 

 in by an orderly who did not understand that I wanted to 

 examine the nests personally. He said that the nests were in 

 a Shisham and a Banyan tree respectively in the District 

 Boad Garden. 



May 7th. — Three fresh eggs from a slight, untidy nest of 

 sticks without lining, built about 20 feet from the ground in 

 a small Mango tree by the main road in the D. B. Garden. 

 The nest was found through the noisy behaviour of the birds, 

 though later one of them sat in a neighbouring tree to watch 

 the climber, and made no noise or demonstration. 



May 8th. — Five incubated eggs in a rather large but slight 

 stick nest without lining, built about 30 feet from the ground 

 in a small Mango tree, in the midst of orange groves and 

 large trees in tlio Jail Gardens ; the bird was very noisy and 

 agitated while the nest was being examined and made one 

 stoop close to it while the climber was up the tree. 



May 13th. — Three nestlings in down in a nest near Kamoke 

 station ; the nest was rather a sketchy afl'air of sticks placed 

 near the extreme central top of a large Shisham — one of a 

 , fine Shisham avenue along a short by-road. 



July 3rd. — Two fresh eggs in a stick nest probably belonging 

 to the pair whose nest was found on the 8th May, and two of 

 whose eggs left then. Stick nest of the ordinary type placed 

 at the top of a Shisham in the -Jail Garden. When we 

 arrived, the female was sitting by the nest and not in it ; she 

 became very excited and kept stooping towards the climber, 

 but her demonstrations were greatly hindered by a persistent 

 King-Crow who chased her all the time. 



1249. The Crested Honey-Buzzard — Pernis cristatus (Cuv.) 



On the 17th September I saw what was probably a Honey- 

 Buzzard in the Sessions Court Garden. 



1256. The Barbary-Falcon — Falco harbarus, Linn. 



A Falcon seen on the 3rd April 1915, and another in the last 

 week of December 1913, were attributed to this species. 



