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gone into details on purpose to try and show that it is not impossible with an 
exceptionally good country and lots of it, and a horse in hard condition with a 
fair stride, for a single horseman to ride a wolf toa standstill. 
J. W. WRAY, Major. 
March, 1893. 
No. I1].—THE BREEDING SEASON OF THE SARUS CRANE. 
On the 15th ultimo I took three eggs of the Sarus (Grus antigone) ; two 
from one nest were partly incubated, while the third, from another nest, was 
fresh. On the 12th of this month I found two more eggs slightly incubated. 
As a rule, these birds breed, in these parts, during the monsoon months—July, 
August, and September—so I think the above fact is worth recording. I have 
also taken this month two full clutches (4) of the Red-wattled Lapwing, quite 
fresh. 
H. BULKLEY. 
KHARAGHORA, 16th April, 1893. 
No. IV.—A BUTTERFLY ATTRACTED BY TOBACCO SMOKE. 
Insects and their like are generaily supposed to dislike tobacco, but I have 
met with a butterfly to-day which evidently enjoyed it. I was sitting in the 
verandah, about 3 p.m., when one of the large black and white butterflies, 
common here now, appeared and began flying about me, so I sat perfectly still 
to watch him. He seemed to be attracted by the cheroot I was smoking, for 
he fluttered about it and actually settled upon it three or four times, once on 
the ash which dropped off under him. He settled on my forehead several 
times, and once or twice on the arm of my chair onthe leeside, where he got 
the smoke. He went off to the garden, but soon came back and repeated his 
performance. This is so entirely different from the behaviour I should 
expect ina butterfly, that I think the incident is worthy of record in our 
Journal, 
R. G. OXENHAM. 
MATHERAN, April, 1893. 
No. V—HABITS OF THE INDIAN ROBIN. 
Every one is aware that our English robin has a tendency to build its nest 
in all sorts of odd nooks and corners, and this peculiarity is shared to a great 
extent by its Indian representative, the “ brown-backed robin” (Thamnobia 
combazensis). At the present moment there is a nest containing young ones in 
the Mess of the 22nd Bombay Infantry, which is placed in the fold of a curtain, 
where it is looped up. The curtain separates the ante-room from the dining- 
