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towards a Kitf who was s(a\'ing up lat.p, and fairly chased 
him off tho scpnp. 
Somo Tri'c Pipits (Anlhiis frivialis) and a Brahminy 
Kite (HnliaslHr indii.i). 
•Talf -feathered young found in a nest of the Common 
Babbler (Argya cavd/if'i) 
Octobet "29. — From Daryapur baek to iSirsa along the canal banks 
Some White Slorks (Ciconia jlba) were disturbed — a party 
of five and a single bird. 
Two Black -b<^llied Terns (Sterna melmwgaster) seen 
by the eanal were the first Terns I have met in the dis- 
trict, which is mosily too dry for them. Both were in the 
immature plumage wilh white bellies. 
Two Blaek-winged Kites (Elanus cat r ulcus) and a 
large flock of Ked -headed Buntings (Eniberiza luteola) noted ; 
also some Common Swallows. 
October 30. — An Eastern Orphean Warbler [Sijlvia jcrdoni) met with. 
October 31. — A White Stork seen. 
In addition to the Swallows noted above under various 
dat«s I may state that Sykes' Striated Swallow {Hinmdo 
erythropygia) has been fairly common; a few Wire-tailed 
Swallows (Hirundo siiiithii) have been seen on various 
dates, although the majoritj- have doubtless long departed. 
RESUME OF THE MONTH. 
October has b^en a month chiefly noticeable for migration. Al- 
though from the position of the district so far from the hills and the 
sea specific instances of birds on passage are hard to observe, yet one 
has noticed the gradual departure of the summer visitors nearly all of 
which hav(^ completely gone by the end of the month, and the gradual 
arrival of or the reaching of their full numbers by Ihe winter visitors.' 
Some of the autumn passage migrants have been still about. 
Very few species were nesting during the month. 
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Book Notices and Reviews. 
BiKU.s OP THE Indian Hills. — B3- Douglas Dewar, I.C.S. London : 
J. Lane, The Bodley Head. Cloth. Large Post Svo., 6s. net. 
We have already given a brief notice of the appearance of this, 
another work on Indian Birds, from the skilled and prolific pen of our 
member, Mr. Douglas Dewar. The work is concisely and practically 
arranged, and holds the interest throughout its 265 pages. It is divided 
into three parts, viz. ; Birds of the Himalayas — The Common Birds of 
the Nilgiris...The Common Birds of the Palni Hills. There are also 
two Appendices, viz.: I. Vernacular Names of Himalayan Birds; II. 
