854 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XX. 



consequently considered that you might perhaps care to record its 

 occurrence in the Journal. 



A. T. BROOKE, r.h.a. 

 Ambala, 7th September 1910. 





No. X.— NESTING HABITS OF THE COMMON PARIAH KITE 

 (MILVUS GOVINDA). 



On page 985 of Volume XIX of the Society's Journal, Mr. Inglis notes 

 on his friend having seen the Brahminy Kite pull twigs off growing trees, 

 while the ordinary kite picks them up from the ground. I have on several 

 occasions, while in Behar, observed the ordinary kite do the same. The 

 method adopted being that it hangs on to the dry twig with its claws and 

 works its wings till the twig comes away. 



E. A. D'ABREU, p.z.s. 

 Ktjrseong, Darjeeling Dist., 5th September 1910. 



[Common kites in Bombay may also at times be seen breaking rotten twigs off 

 trees, but the usual way is for them to take them off the ground.— N. B. K.] 



No. XI.— NIDIFICATION OF THE SARUS CRANE (GRUS 

 ANTIGONE). 



With reference to Capt. A. H. Mosse's note in Journal No. 1, Vol. XX r 

 re the Nidification of the Sarus Crane (Grus antigone), and also that of 

 Capt. O'Brien's in Vol. XIX, No. 2, it may be interesting to note that I 

 found a nest of this species containing 1 egg on a large jheel about 10 

 miles from Hardoi, N. W. P., on the 23rd December 1901. The bird left 

 the nest on my approach. 



It would appear from these observations that the Sarus Crane is in the 

 habit of breeding after the monsoon. 



STANLEY PERSHOUSE, 



2nd Border Regiment. 

 Bradford, England, Wth August 1910. 



No. XIL— WOODCOCK SHOOTING IN THE NILGIRIS. 



The following notes on the Woodcock shooting in the Nilgiris were 

 kindly provided by Mr. Edward Hadfield, one of the oldest shikaris in these 

 hills, who quotes not only from his own experiences but also from the 

 records of his father, the late Major-General Hadfield. 



Woodcock invariably arrive on the Nilgiris during the month of October 

 and never has this month gone by without a bird being bagged. The 9th 





