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aid, I on my byke, my friend in a bullock gharry ! hia leg being far too painful 

 to admit of his riding. As I passed him, jolting along, I had the laugh of 

 him as I told him I was sorry he had been so badly punctured ! I obtained a 

 perfectly fresh egg out of this nest. Date 19th January. 



On the 6th March, I obtained a much incubated egg from a nest placed in 

 a small Pipal tree, situated in a Jonely and bare glen, where it was easily reach- 

 ed. On the 4th February 19('l, [obtained another perfectly fresh egg. The 

 nest was a huge mass placad on the top of a high and large mango tree in a 

 tope, to climb which a rope had to be thrown over one of the lower branches. 

 On finding the nest I thre'v up stones to try and dislodge the bird, though 

 I could See none from below, owing to the size of the nest, and as this had no 

 effect, I fired a shot ioto the tree when Mrs. Vulture made a most hasty exit. 



The Pallid Vulture (Gyps pallescens). — It is not easy to obtain 

 eggs of this species. They usually select the faces of precipitous cliffs to 

 nest in, such as Shivner Fort near Junnar, This season, I came on 

 one which was accessible and within easy reach. I consequently wrote and 

 asked a gentleman, who very kindly obtained and sent me a fresh egg, which 

 reached me on X'mas Day. I only remained a day at the spot, so could not 

 arrange to take the nest myself. 



The White Scavenger Vulture {Neophron ginginianus), — I have found 

 many nests of this species this season. They take a long time over their 

 domestic arrangements. The favourite site seems to be a mango tope, some 

 little way from human habitation. A fairly large tree is se ected and the nest 

 is built in the hollow made by the large limbs branching away from the 

 truiik, which gives a good foundation ; as often as not very little of the nest 

 is visible from below and it is not as a rule very far up. I have found most 

 nests by seeing a pair hanging about a tope, and on searching a nest 

 is invariably disclosed. The same nest is used for several seasons ; the 

 birds begin to hang about and repair the old nest in December, though they 

 lay chiefly towards the end of February ; two seems the complement of eggs, 

 and if one let is taken they will lay again. The eggs are very handsome, being 

 richly and boldly blotched, streaked and spotted with brick red, while some 

 of the richer eggs are almost entirely of that colour. 



The Indian Tawny Eagle {Aquda vindhiana). — I observed a rest of this 

 bird on the top of a lofty mango tree early in January, my attention being 

 drawn to it by one of the birds being perched on the tree ; at this period the 

 nest had only just been commenced, and I could see through it, I visited the 

 nest shortly after and came to the conclusion it had been deserted, as neither of 

 the birds were in the neighbourhood and the nest did not seem to Lave pro- 

 gressed. Being in the vicinity of the nest still later, I just went to have a 

 look at it, when the bird quitted it. I sent a man up by means of a rope 

 thrown ever a lower branch, and obtained two perfectly fresh eggs. Date— 

 4th February 1901. 



