202 ". Correspondence. 
Correspondence. 
EUrOUS-BELLlED NILTAVA. 
Sir, — With rd'crpnc'c to Major PciTcau's rrmarks on png.' 8!! of 
our Jov\rnal, may I make the following olisi^rvations about the cccurenc 
of the Kul'ous-bfllicil Xillava (,A^//<f(ra simdcira) at Murce. Ma jor Pprrca ii 
is quiti' justified in suggesting that I may haw mistaken 'he Indian 
Blue-chat {LdTvivord bninncn), for that species, as both l)ir(ls are siipi-r- 
fieially sorocwlial aliki; ; however, I am perfectly certain of my identifi- 
cation, as in aldition to the fact that I do not have grpat dilReulty in 
separating the two birds when seen in the Jungle, I took the precau'tion 
of seeuring specimens of both ; as a matter of fact when collecting eggs 
in the Hills I reject any with which I fail to obtain a parent bird — 
except, of course, with tlic most obvious kinds. I;i the present case the 
nest taken on "O-v.-lilll was authenticated by the preserving of Ihc 
female (skin Xo. 37S i, an ! ihe female was also shot (X'o. 3^40 from 
the second nest found on 3-vi.- 11)11. In addition to these two females 
I preserved a male (X'o. 383). These three skin.s, as well as some of 
Larrivora hriairica from the .same loealily are at present with Dr. C. J^. 
Ticehurst. M.J3.0.I'., at Grove House, LoweslofI, and any member is wel- 
come to inspect them. 
I was aware that this was a notable extension of range, and 
accordingly sent a note on the faet to th" Journal of the B:)nibav N.H. 
Society (Vol. xxi ., p. 257). 
In conclusion I have to thank Ma.jor I'erreau for giving me an 
opportunity of removing a doubl from his mind, and possibly from the 
minds of others who may have read my remarks. 
HUGH WHISTLER, M.B.O T., 
Gujranwala, Punjab. Indian Police. 
23-V.-1915. 
nr, 
Birds of the Jhelum District and an Ornitho- 
logical Diary from the Punjab. 
By H. Whistlei!, I. P., M.B.O.U. 
(Cojil/t}nr(J from page 135). 
Xovember 14. — Rode to Otu, the headworks of an important i'-rigation 
canal where there is a large lake formed by the canal 
dam which holds up the waters of the river Ghagga ; this 
Lake is absohit( ly bare of reeds or grass, but under a mile 
away is another lake surrounded by trees and grass, hard 
by also is a third and smaller Jh el. Thos3 three lakes 
are the haunt, during the cold weather, of hoards of water- 
fowl, which from the extent of (he water, and the absence 
of cover, find security without suffering much loss at the 
guns of .sportsmen, though Sindhi jiiiime hunter.s manage lo 
