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Birds of flic Jhclitnr Difitrict. 
nine Toal (Ncithim crecca) and manaijoi] lo scurp a coiiplo 
— the first Ducks of the season. 
Many Hoopoes about the Rir, elearl}'- nn inorease of 
migrating birds. The Eollers (Corarins iiiilira), also ap- 
pear to h;i,vi' had Ihi'ir imnibers iiicrea,sed l)y iiiiniigrat ion, 
probably of those birds which leave llie Noi'thcrn Punjab 
about this time. 
A few Maslied Wagtails (Mntacilln pcrsoiKito) noted, 
a!so several Green Sandpipers, 
September 21. — A large number of Tice-Pipits (AnfJiii.t 1ririali/i) noti^d 
about — these are of course on migration . 
A male Indian Stonechat (Prafiticola vuntra^ seen; 
also a Bluethroat — the first of th(- autumn migration. Two 
eggs in a nest of the l?ed Turtle Dove (G^nnpopelia- 
Iranqiii bar/rn). and oni' m a nest of the Imlian Ring Dove 
^Tiirfiir risorivs). A party of newly- fledged young Red- 
vcnt^d Bulbuls {Mulpasitcs hncmorrhovs) observed. 
September 22. — A large Raptorial bird seen near my house appeared to 
be a Crested Honey Buzzard (Pernis crisifilns) . 
September 28. — '\A'hilst flying my Lugger Falcon in the morning I saw 
it mobbed by an immature female Shikra (A.'<fitr hniliiis) 
— a most unusually large speeiinen. 
Attracted liy the unusual whiteness of the nape of an 
Eagle sitting on a tree, T. shot it to find that it was merely 
an example of that exfreinely eonimon anil variable species 
the Tawny Eagle (Aqiiila viiidhiava) . In its gizzard and 
crop were the remains of a laige Goa Lizard. 
September 24. — Noted a Paradise Fl_ycatcher (Tchi.trea paradisi), a 
male which appeared to be assuming the third winter plum- 
age. This is the first of the species which I have noted 
in the district, although I thought I heard its call on two 
previous occasions . 
A Black-winged StiH. {lliiiiniitop'us cnnduhis) was 
feeding in a amall poml whieic I was Udd it ■was first seen on 
the 17th. 
A Bluethroat noted ; also several Dusky Crag Martins 
{Ftyanoprugiir covcolnr) and a ]iarty of Wire-tailed Swal- 
lows (Hinnido smifhii). 
(To hi' c<)nliirni:d) . 
