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Birds of the Jhehm District. 
atriccps) which was very abundant all through the month. 
Other small insectivorous birds such as riii/noscopus and 
Cri/ploJopfui join these parties, which are here a reproduc- 
tion on a small scale of the large bands of insectivorous 
birds thai one meets in the hill jungles during (he Sunim'^r 
(as related by Major Perrcau in the noies on his Indian 
consignment) . 
Jan. 22. — Went to investigate the Wren Warblers that were numerous 
during Ihe month in a tliiek patch of tamarisk and j'ced.s 
hy the river. They proved to be the Indian Wren-AYarbler 
(T'rhiia inornala). Some ten or twelve TJeed Buntings ia 
place where the former ones were met with. 
Jan. 2b. - Several Blossom-headed Parrakeets noted; also a Orey-he:vd"d 
Flycatcher-Warbler. A nearly completed nest of Milv^ts 
govhida noted in an enormous tree by one of the city 
temples . 
Jan 24. — Walked over the fields of growing wheat, which is now half- 
way up to one's knees, but not a sign of any Quail hav- 
ing arrived. In the wheat were a few Skylarks, Alaiidn 
arvcnsis, chiefly in one flock, ami a few smaller Larks which 
were probably the Indian Skylark A. galgula . X <andy- 
coloured Wheatear and a flock of Pipits, perhaps Anthiis 
spipohtta, were other interesting birds seen, but my col- 
lecting gun went wrong, so T could nnt identii'v the birds 
seen with certainty. 
Indian Rollers {Coracios indica) were thinl\' distributed 
over the country, but not nearly so numerous as they are 
in summer, when their numbers are augmented by hinls 
from further south. 
There is in my compound a half completed nest of 
Milvus govinda. 
Jan. 25. — Again spent the day on the river; birds noted as nn .Ian. 
4th, with the following differences : 
A party of Cream-coloured Coursers (Ciirsorius gal- 
licux) were noted feeding and running on a sandy islet 
near tamarisk and cultivation. A male and female shot 
had their gizzards full of small grasshoppers. I have onlj^ 
met with Coursers once before in this district, when three 
were noted on some broken ground at Chakwal on October 
23rd. 
The Cormorants had nearly all disappeared, only one 
or two being seen. 
A gaggle of about a dozen Geese (not Ansi:r indicHs) 
were seen on a sand -bank, but my stalk was -ipoilt by a 
passing woman . Although Geese are common a few miles 
down the river, it is unusual to meet them on this part, 
above Jhelum. 
Eedshanks were more numerous than before ; the Sand 
