Birds of the Jheium District. 
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chaiuini. A Dusky Crag Martiu {I'lyanoprognc concolor) 
seen to visit a saucer shaped mud nest on the outsiih; of a 
house, but the numbers of tliis species which were fre- 
quenting the Cattle Farm Bungalow in May and June have 
disappeared. Two Grey Horubills {Loplioccros hifoniria) 
seen— the lirst in Hissar. 
September 2. — In the early morning while I was exercising a tame (as 
distinct to trained j Lugger Falcon {Falco jiKjycr) to the lure, 
an old wild Tiercel came and joined in the sport, followed 
later by two younger birds, both apparently Falcons. The 
same thing happened yesterday but then only the old Tiercel 
came. These were the same birds that were noticed about 
at the end of last month. In the evening I saw a wild 
Falcon make a terrihc stoop at a Green Parroquet which 
just managed to dodge it. This may have been oae of the 
above Luggers, but from the momentary glimpse afforded 
me it appeared a little redder in colour. 
A White Ibis {Ibis nuianolnuus) seen ; also a Night- 
jar near my house. One Green Sandpiper noted. 
September 3. — A Magpie-Kobin {Copijsychns S(iularis) noted- a distinctly 
scarce species in Hissar. 
Four or five Green Sandpipers noticed in ditTereut plai es. 
September 4. — A small flight of Striated Swallows were noted hy the bun- 
galow in the morning — forerunners of the numbers which 
were about by the end of the month. 1 also noted two 
Indian Whitethroats (Sylvia affinis'), a species that be- 
came common during the month. 
Two eggs in a nest of the Common Babbler {Argya 
caudata) — a structure of grass and bents placed in a thorny 
Wild Caper bush some three feet from the ground . 
September 6. — Young found in a nest of the Large Grey Babbler (Argya 
malcomi) placed 20 feet from the ground over a road, on 
a side bough of a Kikur tree . 
A male and female Lesser Floriken (Syphcotis aarifu.^) 
reported to me as seen on the grass farm . 
September 7. — A pair of Small Minivets {Pcricrocotus pcrcgrinns ) were 
feeding in a tree in front of my bungalow. 
September 8. — Five eggs taken from a nest of the Eufous-fronted Wrcn- 
Warbler {Franklinia huchanani) which was found half built 
on the 31st August. The nest was of the usual type, built 
of fine flowering grasses mixed with a few shreds of a cotton - 
like substance, some pieces of the last being placed below 
the eggs. The structure was placed about six inches from 
the ground in a thorn bush. 
As I was walking along the main road a small dark 
Crake, perhaps Forzana pusilla, flew across in front of me 
and disappeared into a ditch. 
i. King Vulture t,Olog//ps calvus) seen. 
