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the grass) but did not sit. They were presumably infertile as there 
is no cock of this species in the aviary. I would much like to buy 
a cock . 
Tower House, Streatham, 
10/7/15. R. ARNOLD. 
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Birds of the Jhelum District and an Ornitho- 
logical Diary from the Punjab. 
By H. WniSTLEK, LP., M.B.O.U. 
( ( 'ontinued t'roiii pajje 204). 
November 17. — At Ranian. Tlir country here is open and studded 
with low thorn bushes growing on a .^andy soil, with here 
anil there a stunted tree. The ground is honeycombed with 
the burrows of a small Jerboa rat, and Larks, Lugger 
Falcons {Falco jiig(/>r) arc very numerous and an occa- 
sional Short-lcggcd Buzzard (Buteo frrox), draws attention 
by the white in his wings and tail. Both specits doubtless 
consume a quantity of the Jerboas which may be seen 
looking out of their burrows on all sides. There are a 
few Kestrels about and m^' Falconer saw a Baibary Falcon 
and a Sparrowhawk. 
Novcnibcr IS.— As we went out earh' in the morning to fly my Hawks 
at Partridges a Falcon pa.ssed which looked like a very 
dark Saker {Falco clurrvg). So we hastily prepared tha 
decoy Hawk with the ' paros " and at the first flight the 
wild Falcon came and was caught. At first sight in the 
hand even the captiv(> was taken for a Saker, but a closer 
scrutiny revealed the fact that it was a very large and 
dark young Lugger Falcon of the year, which we kept to 
train . 
A Short -cared Owl {Asia accipitrinua) flushed. 
November 19. — At Ranian. Attracted by the appearance of a small 
C!hat which did not seem quite like anything I knew, I 
shot it and fi)unii that 1 had secured a specimen of Stol- 
iczkii's Bush-Chat (Vratincola mxicrorhyncha) ; it is a plain 
bird of the Whinchat type with a good deal of white on the 
tail, and but little appears to be known of it save the fact 
of its occurrence in winttr in North Western India. 
Some Eastern Meadow Buntings (Embcriza stracheyi) 
found in stunted tree jungle. 
Two Short -cared Owls (Aaio accipitrinus) flushed. 
November 20. — Returned to Otu where the Water-fowl were still about 
as previously described . 
In the evening my Falconer and I went out to look 
for Peregrines in a patch of wooded cultivation to one side 
