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the wire netting, and whilst watching them, I noticed some of the Spotted 

 Munias pick them off as they went through, and one or two of the Red 

 Munias caught them in the air with their bills and devoured them whilst 

 hovering. I can find no note of any of these birds doing this before, and 

 it seems to be most interesting. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 

 Baghownib Factory, 

 Laheiua. Serai. 18th June 1910. 



No. XI.— NOTE ON BLYTH'S BAZA {BAZA JERDONI). 



The following may perhaps prove of interest : — 



On April 2nd, 1910, I secured a female specimen of Blyth's Baza {Baza 

 jerdoni) at Kurseong, Eastern Himalayas, 6,000 feet, and I have seen the 

 bird once before. I mention this as Blanford says in Vol. III., Birds 

 {Fauna of British India) that it is a very rare species, and that only one 

 siiecimen has been recorded from Sikhim and one from Tenasserim. My 

 specimen had not assumed the adult plumage ; its dimensions were length 

 19 ; bill from gape 1"35 ; tail 9 - 5 ; tarsus 1*5 ; expanse of wings 40. 



It had eaten two Agamoid lizards {Japallura variegata) as well as several 

 Coleopterous (Longicorn) and Orthopterous (Mantidoe) insects. 



E. A. DABREU, f.z.s. 

 Kurseong, 2nd April 1910. 



No. XII.— OCCURRENCE OF THE LESSER FLAMINGO 

 (PHCENICONAIAS MINOR) IN KATHIAWAR, 



I gather from Indian Ducks and their Allies that this bird has not hitherto 



been recorded from Kathiawar. I was shooting at Bhimsana in this 



district (Okhamandal) on the 6th March last, when I was struck by the 



small size of a flock of Flamingos passing overhead within range, and 



dropped one of them. It was a Lesser Flamingo. I then turned my 



attention to the other flamingos on the water, and found that out of 



perhaps 300 birds, nearly 100 belonged to the smaller species. In places 



both species were feeding together when the differrence in size was much 



more marked than when on the wing. Apart from its smaller size, the 



Lesser Flamingo was distinguishable at a considerable distance with the 



glass by the dark colour of the bill. 



A. W. MOSSE, Capt., i.m.s. 

 Dwarka, 1st May 1910. 



No. XIIL— PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON AND SHELDRAKE 

 IN ARRACAN. 



Mr. C, Hopwood, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Akyab, Lower Burma, 

 has recently presented to the Society skins of a Pied Imperial Pigeon 



