Birds of the .Jhelion District. 
Birds of the Jhelum District and an Ornitho- 
logical Diary from the Punjab. 
By H. WiiisTi.EK, I.P., M.B.O.U. 
Coiilliutrd from page 7^i. 
October 22. — Several more Little Green Bee-eaters seen. 
October 23. — While out training my Falcons in the early morning I was 
much worried by a wild adult Peregrine which spoilt two 
flights for me by objecting to my bird on her preserves. 
Several White Ibis seen. About mid -day a large flight of 
Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoidcs virgo) passed -over my 
bungalow fairly low with a lot of clamour, and then started 
circling, evidently looking for a suitable place to alight. 
Left by train for Bhattu in the evening. 
October 24. — A\'hen out shooting Chenkara or Indian Gazelle near 
Bhattu I noticed that there were quite a number of Short- 
toed Larks about in flocks. Without securing any speci- 
mens I was unable to identif}- the exact species. A few 
Grey Quail were flushed. AA'heatears have now become 
fairly common, the most numerous species being the Desert 
Chat {Saxicola des(rli), but I saw a few Pied Chats 1^6'. 
picata) and one White-capped Chat (S. crip'strata K 
Other interesting birds noted were a Pale Brown 
Shrike (Lanius isahiUinus), a pair of Ravens, and a few 
Kestrels and Harriers, and four Black Ibis. 
October 25. — Marched from Bhattu to Puttahabad, seeing on the way a 
couple of Kestrels and a flock of Larks which appeared to 
be the Eastern Calandra Lark (Mclrmocori/pha himaculala) . 
At Puttahabad I found a large and very shallow jheel 
formed by the flooding of some fields. Here was a great 
variety of bird life ; on the water were resting a large flight 
of Common Teal, and with them three Shovellers. In the 
shallows a large number of Waders, the Black-winged 
Stilts (Hhuantopus candidus) were far the most conspicuous, 
owing to their black and white plumage and their long red 
legs. With them were a number of Redshanks {Tolnnus 
calidris). Here and there round the margin (ireen Sand- 
pipers (T. ochropus), Common Sandpipers (T. hypolcucus^, 
Greenshanks (2'. glottis), were feeding with a few Stints, 
and what were' probably JMarsh Sandpipers [T . slagna- 
tilis). 
Plover were represented by a few odd individuals of 
the resident Eed-wattled Lapwing (Stircogrninnitis indicits), 
and the migratory White-tailed L;;pwing {Ch ttusi'i Inucxra) 
while an odd Snipe or two were flushed from the heavy 
patches of Water convolvulus. 'Nov were larger birds 
wanting ; on one stretch of ground some fifteen or twenty 
