BIRDS OF TRE GUJRANWALA DISTRICT. 705 



-Falco jttf/f/er, Gray. 



Common and resident ; in September a fine pair came two or 

 three times to my house to attack a very tame hand reared 

 Falcon Lugger which I had flying loose at hack, and they were 

 so determined in their onslaught that 1 finally had to shoot one 

 of them to protect my bird. 



1258. The Saker-Falcon — Falco cherrucj, Gray. 



A Falcon attributed to this species was seen in the last week 

 of December 1913. It is doubtless a common winter visitor. 



1264. The Red-headed Merlin — JEsalon chicquera (Daud.) 



Common and resident ; at least two pairs bred within a mile 

 of my house ; I found the nest of one of them on 6th April 

 containing 4 eggs ; two of these were addled and the other two 

 had hatched by next day. I had intended to take the nestlings 

 for training, but they were killed by herd-boys a day or two 

 before we were ready to remove them. This nest was a slight 

 stick structure with a neat and carefully rounded cup lined with 

 fine twigs and a few bents ; had I not seen the tail of the sitting 

 bird, should have passed the nest by as not worth examination. 

 It was placed some 25 feet from the ground in a fork towards 

 the end of an upper bough of a medium-sized Kikur standing at 

 the side of the railway line. It was probably constructed by 

 the Merlins and was rather dirty. An old moulted flight feather 

 (of Merlin) was entangled in the side of the nest. On one 

 occasion, when at the nest, I saw the Jack give couple of passing 

 Crows a good bufleting for venturing too near to his tree. The 

 female, when disturbed from the nest, would settle on a dead 

 bough some 50 yards away to watch us and on occasion was 

 rather noisy. 



1265, The Kestrel — Tinnunculus alaudavius (Gmel.) 



Two were seen on the last week of December 1913. 



1272. The Southern Green Pigeon- —Crocopus chlorogaster (Blyth.) 



A pair of Green Pigeons seen to fly over the Club on the 

 evening of the 11th July were probably of this species. 



1292. The Indian Blue Rock-Pigeon — Columba intermedia, Strickl. 

 Resident and abundant. 



1305. The Indian Turtle-Dove — Turtur ferrayo (Eversm.) 



Single birds on migration were seen on 22nd of September and 

 3rd October. I shot the second one and found it most excellent 

 eating, very rich and juicy. 



1309. The Little Brown-Dove — Turtur cambayensis (Gm.) 



Common and resident. 



1310. The Indian Ring-Dove — Turtur risorius, (Linn.) 



Most abundant and resident ; found often in flocks in Decem- 

 ber 1913. Many nests were found from April to July and twi> 

 nests were found on 6th and 9th October respectively. I found 

 a clutch of three fresh eggs on May 22nd. This is the first 



