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if I am ever at the place again in April or May. Lots of 
Shearwaters (Pvffinus kuhli) were sitting on the water or 
skimming over its surface, and we saw a small bird on the 
island which looked like one of the Wheatears ; it apparently 
had young, by the persistent way it returned to some rocky 
debris. 
The following are the measurements of the clutches of 
the eggs of Falco eleonorce : — 
1st clutch. 2nd clutch. 3rd clutch. 
43 X 35 mm. 44 x 35 mm. 42 x 35 mm. 
44 X 35 mm. 44 x 35 mm. 43 X 35 mm. 
44x34 mm. 45 x 35 mm. 41 x 35 mm. 
^ Yours &c., 
A. M. Farquhar, Capt. R.N. 
Sirs, — During August of the present year I procured a 
male specimen of the large Indian Weaver- bird [Ptoceus 
megarhynchus Hume) in the Calcutta bird-market. The 
dealer from whom I purchased it told me that he had bought 
it a few days previously at a fair at Gorakhpur^ in the North- 
West Provinces. Mr. Hume^s types now inthcBritish Museum 
were obtained from Kaladoongi, near Naini Tal, North-West 
Provinces. The two specimens obtained by Mr. Finn for 
the Indian Museum, Calcutta, also came from Naini Tal. 
Gorakhpur is 300 miles south-east of Naini Tal, and 100 miles 
south of the Nepal territory. 
I had no difficulty in recognising the specimen, from the 
excellent coloured plate in the January number ot ' The 
Ibis^; also because 1 was already acquainted with the two 
birds obtained by Mr. Finn — one of which is now on deposit 
at the London Zoological Gardens, whilst the other is pre- 
served in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. The bird, when I 
first obtained it, was in brilliant summer plumage ; it is now 
(November) rapidly assuming the more sombre winter garb. 
Since Mr. Finn's recent return to India from Europe I have 
referred the bird to him, and he agrees with my identification . 
Yours &c., 
1 A Camac Street, Calcutta, India, E. W. Harper. 
November 21st, 1901. 
