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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



No. I.— FOOD OF THE FLYING FOX. 



In Mr. Blanford's Mammals of India, p. 253, is an interesting note abont the 

 Flying Fox : "They (Flying Foxes) are also fond of the fruit of Terminalia 

 catappa; and are said by Day to extract the kernels often, utilizing the verandahs 

 of houses as a resort while thus engaged, and alarming the inhabitants by sounds 

 suggestive of house-breaking." Terminalia catappa is the so-called " Almond " 

 or " Walnut " of our gardens. A handsome tree, chiefly noticeable for the 

 beautiful colour of its large leaves when dying. Dr. Day's observation has beeo 

 verified by two seasons' experience of burglarious bats at Tanna. When the tree 

 is out of fruit the bats are " not a-burgling." 



W. F. SINCLAIR, IC.S. 



No. II.— BIRDS OBSERVED BREEDING IN KHAR/^GHORA. 



I write to record the fact that I have found a large colony of the Large 

 Cormorant {Phalacrocorasc carbo) breeding here in our lake. I see that 

 Mr. Barnes states in his Birds of Bombay (page 439), and also in his series of 

 papers on "Nesting in Western India," published in Vol. YI. of this Journal 

 (page 304), that as far as he knows the only part of the Presidency in which this 

 bird is a permanent resident is Sind, where it was seen breeding in the Eastern 

 Narra District by Mr. S. B. Doig. I visited the colony on the 1st instant and 

 found between 70 and 80 nests, all of the large kind, together with a few of the 

 Lesser Cormorants. No nest had more than 5 eggs, and in some instances all 

 the eggs were hard set. I noticed that some of the birds were entirely white 

 on the breast. 



It is also worthy of note that the Black-winged Kite {Elamts cceruleus, Desf.) 

 is breeding here in large numbers this year, some 10 or 12 nests having been 

 found by Mr. J. Davidson, C.S., and myself during the past 20 days. In only 

 one case have the eggs been hard set, and in this instance there were 5 eggs in 

 the nest. In other cases 3 or 4 eggs have been found slightly set, but most of 

 the nests are either being built or just completed. 



I have seen no more Crested Grebe bi'eeding here this year. 



H. BULKLEY. 



Kharaghora, \st December > 1892. 



No. III.— NOTE ON PSILOTUM TRIQUETRUM. 



The genus Psilotimi belongs to the N. 0. Lycopodiacece, and is represented 

 by only one species — P. triquetrum. No Bombay, or, as far as I am aware, 

 Indian Botanist mentions this plant as growing in India. Its habitat is given as 

 tropical climates, and it is indigenous in the United States ( f Brazil, Central 



