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young Black-necked Storks and a pair of Saruses were seen. Shots were 

 fired at the Saruses in preference and one was evidently hit for he settled 

 after flying a short distance ; two more shots were had at him but without 

 effect. The storks meanwhile had settled in some fields about a mile away. 

 Some cover being available one was shot. The others hovered over it and 

 an adult female bird came flying towards it. I was still well concealed 

 and the contents of my second barrel brought her to the ground. On our 

 way home two Black Buck ran quite close to us, but we had no rifle with us 

 at the time. 



On the 28th the jheel in front of the bungalow was patronised. Several 

 Ooots, Dabchicks and Bronze-winged Jacanas were seen and two of the 

 latter and a Snipe were bagged. Species of Herons and Egrets which 

 we wanted and a Pied Harrier were seen but not secured. We tried for 

 these the next day but had to content ourselves with a Marsh Harrier. 

 A pair of Saruses were again tried for, but with the usual residt. Snipe 

 and Quail were very plentiful here and a little shooting was indulged in. 

 Five shots brought to bag seven birds. The Snipes were Fantails and 

 Pintails and the Quails were black-breasted ones. On our way back 

 Saruses were again seen, and this time I waited till it got dark and then 

 tried to get within range, but it was of no avail. 



Leaving Paraswara a move was made to Lamtha and the jheel at 

 Bhondua visited. Ducks were seen in the middle of the jheel and Storks 

 and Saruses at the edges. The Ducks being out of range we tried our 

 luck again at Saruses but with the same result. At Lamtha we took train 

 and returned to Nagpur. 



LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE BALAGHAT DISTRICT, 

 CENTRAL PROVINCES. 



Oedbr Passbkes. 



1. Corvus macrorhynchus 



2. Corvus splendens . . 



3. Dendrocitta rufa . . 



4. Machlolophus haplonotus 



5. Argya caudata 



6. Argya malcolmi ... 



7. Crateropus canorus 

 a. Pyctorhis sinensis 



^. Zosterops palpebrosa 



10. Jl]githina tiphia . . 



11. Chloropsis jerdoni 



12. Molpastes hsemorrhous 



The Jungle-Crow. 



The Indian House-Crow. 



The Indian Tree-pie. 



The Southern Yellow Tit. 



The Common Babbler. 



The Large Grey Babbler. 



The Jungle Babbler. 



The Yellow-eyed Babbler. 



The Indian White-eye. 



The Common lora. 



The Jerdon's Chloropsis. 



The Madras Red-vented Bulbiil. 



