104 Birds of the Jhelum District. 
AVarty -headed or Black Ibis {Iiiocotifi pipillosus) wpre feed- 
ing, while opposite to them were resting a small party of 
White Ibis (Ibis mclanocephala i. Herons were represented 
by the Paddy -bird (Aid(oIa (jraiji ), and after dusk the Night 
Heron (Nyciicorax f/risrus). Attracted by the jangling 
cry of Cranes I looked up to sec a big flock circling 
at a tremendous height in the air. The whole fornicl 
an interesting picture of bird life, for the most part re- 
poseful until a passing Kite sent the Teal up with the 
pattering roar so distinctive of the startled wild fowl. 
A most interesting bird was noted about an hour be- 
fore dusk, when some flocks of the Eastern Stock -Dove 
(Coluniba ev<rsmanni) came to drink. Thev arrived flying 
fast and settled at the edge of the water on the mud flats, 
but were up again in the air so quickly that they could 
hardly have taken a single sip of water ; and this hurried 
drink was repeated just once or twice before the flock was 
off again in the direction from which it had come. This 
small Pigeon i.s the Eastern race of our Engli.'^h Cohimba 
oenas, and is a highly migratory bird, nesting in Central 
Asia and visiting the plains of India in the winter. 
October 20. — At Euttahabad ; visited the jhcel where the birds present 
were as yesterday, with the addition of a single White 
Stork [Ciconia alba), who was striding about the weqdy 
ground at the edge of the jheel, doubtless helping himself 
to some of the innumerable small frogs. 
The Stock Doves arrived to drink at the same time 
and in the same hurried manner. 
The curious little Brown Roik Chat iCcrcomcla fnscn) 
is common about the buildings of the town and fort. 
October 27. — Still at Euttahabad. Eewer birds at the jheel but I flushed 
a Heron [Ardia cincrca) which was not there before ; also 
1 saw what was probably a Pelican Ibis or Painted Stock 
(Fseudotantalus Uucocephalus ). 
Several Marsh Harriers {Circus acrnginosKS ) about. 
An Eastern Orphi an Warbler {Sylvixi ji rdoni) noted. 
October 2S. — Marched from Euttahabad to Daryapur along the canal 
banks where I met with a party of IJed -headed Buntings (Em- 
beriza lutcola) — rather to my surprise, as the numbers seen 
on migration appeared to have all left. Several Common 
Swallows (Kirundo rustica) about ; also some Sand Martins. 
At Daryapur Ecsthousc the Chankidar in charge asked me 
to shoot an owl that lived in the trees, because it called 
at night, and the call was ill-omened. Hence I was not 
surprised at dark to see a pair of Dusky Eagle Owls {Buho 
coromaiidun) come out pf the trees, and fly about or sit 
on the trees calling. One of them exhibited great pugnacity 
