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September 24th, 1911, of which he secured three, two adults and a some- 

 what younger bird. The shores in the vicinity are mostly deep mud, 

 overgrown with various species of mangrove, but there are here and there 

 sandy patches, while at low tides large mudfalts of various degrees of 

 firmness are exposed. In the same locality several specimens of Parus 

 cinereus (Parus atriceps, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, Vol. I, p. 46) were obtained. 

 This tit is also known from the extreme north of the Peninsula and from 

 Java, but does not appear to have hitherto been obtained south of Penang. 



H. C. ROBINSON, c.m.z.s., m.b.o.tj., 



Director of Museums, F. M. S. 

 Kuala Lumpur, F. M. S., Octobei- 1912. 



No, XX.— TURNSTONE {CALIDRIS ARENARIA) 

 IN LOWER BURMA. 



In August 1912, Mr. A. W. Ogilvie sent for identification a flat skin of a 

 Turnstone, which had been shot at Himuclongyi, Papun, in the Salween 

 District. As this bird has only, I believe, been recorded in Burma from 

 the Coast Line, I think it is worthwhile putting this occurrence on 

 record, though it is not to be surprised at since the Valley of the Salween 

 is probably a migration route of considerable importance. 



N. B. KINNEAR. 

 Bombay, August 1912. 



No. XXI.— GREY QUAIL {COTURNIX COMMUNIS) AT SEA. 



To-day in lat. IS'l and long. 66-42, 356 miles W. of Bombay, a 

 common grey quail, Coturnix communis, flew abroad. He was fairly tired 

 and allowed himself to be caught without resistance. After a rest of half 

 an hour on the smoking-room table during which, though surrounded with 

 sightseers he remained quite unconcerned, he flew ofi" southwards, going 

 strong. 



I do not know whether other instances are recorded of migrating quail 

 being found as far from land as this. The weather has been free from any 

 storms these last few days, which might have blown the bird out to sea. 



LEONARD BETHELL, Capt., 

 S. S. Salsettb, 10th G. R. 



13a October 1912. 



No. XXII.— COMMON GREY QUAIL {COTURNIX COMMUNIS) 

 BREEDING IN THE LYALLPUR DISTRICT. 



At the end of last April and beginning of May some 60 eggs of the 

 common grey Quail were sent to me from the Lyallpur District. These eggs 

 were all found in wheat fields during the harvesting operations within an 

 area of some 50 acres and were nearly all hard set. It is impossible for 

 me to say how many clutches there were, but the man who sent them said 

 he found about 8 nests, one nest containing 20 eggs ! ! ! Now there is 

 nothing unusual about finding Quails' eggs in the LyaUpur District, I used 

 to find numbers of them when I was stationed there some years ago, but 

 what does appear to me extraordinary is the total disappearance of the 

 Quail after the young have been hatched. Personally I have never seen a 

 Quail between the latter end of May and the autumn migration. What 



