Birds of the Jhelum District. 
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The returu llighfc starts shortly before sunrise, and 
lasts but a short time, the birds departing more en rnns.-u: 
than they arrive. 
The Books belong to the sub-speeies Corrtt.s frucji- 
Icyus tschusii, Hartert ; differing from our English bird in 
its smaller measurements and the shape of the bill. The 
Jackdaw, whieh is much less abundant than the Rook and 
the shyest of all the species in the Bloek, is Colocus monc- 
dula coUarls (Drummond) ; this race differs from our bird 
chiefly in having a crescent of fine white on the sides of 
the neck; but this feature is somewhat variable. 
Jan. 'J .--There are still a fair number of Starlings (Stunms vuhjaris 
poUaratukyi, I'insch) about ; but their numbers steadily 
decrease towards the end of the month ; they arrived towards 
the end of October. 
An adult o' Spotted Dove {Turtur suratcusi^) ob- 
tained ; a rare straggler here, although common in other 
parts of India . 
In the Forest Block I shot a 9 Red- flanked Bush- 
Kobin Tarsigcr rufilahis (Hodgs.), which is very rare at 
this low elevation (827 feet), being a Himalayan species 
found up to 1,000 feet. Also obtained a specimen of 
the Grey-headed Flycatcher Warbler Crypfulophn x. xati- 
thoschistos (Hodgs.). 
Jan. 3. — Went out to look for nests of the Dusky Eagle Owl (Bubo 
coromainlus) of which there are three or four pairs in the 
Forest Block. One was flushed from an untidy and old 
looking stick nest in a Shisham tree in a dense part of the 
Block ; this was investigated next morning and found to con- 
tain half -incubated eggs. The other pairs do not appear 
to be nesting as yet. A common Kingfisher (Alcedo iftpida 
bcngahnsis. Gm.) seen. A small flock of Blossom -headed 
Parrakeets (Palacornis cyanoccphalus), noted ; also three 
Yellow -fronted Pied Woodpeckers (Liopicits mahrattm^is) . 
Jan. -1 . — Found a nest containing two slightly incubated eggs of the 
Indian Tawny Eagle (Aquila vindhiana) ; it was a large 
untidy structure placed at the top of a medium sized Shisham 
tree — one of two trees standing together in the middle of a 
wide expanse of cultivation. 
Flocks of the Indian Ein>? Dove {Tiirliir risoriua) on 
the golf course ; a large numbe^ of White -backed Vultures 
{Psettdugi/ps bcngahnsis) and Griffon Vulture, i<li/ps sp 
collected and sitting about on the ground. A single King 
Vulture {Otogyps calvus) flying over the river. My l"al- 
coner saw and unsuccessfully tried to catch two Saker 
Falcons (Faico cherrug). 
I spent the greater portion of the day sailing ilown 
the river for about eight miles above Jhelum ; here the 
