Birch of the Jheliim District. 
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Martins much less numerous— a fact which probably indi- 
eatcs that they now have eggs somewhere, as this is the 
breeding season in Northern India. 
Very large numbers of Stints mixed with a ft'w Dun- 
lins were feeding on some mud flats ; one secured was Tem- 
minek's Stint. 
A Heron {Ardca e'lrrcu) seen in company with a \A'hite 
Egret, probably {Hcrodias intermedia ) . A collection of 
Indian River Terns (Sf(rna scvmi) . 
■ Some incomplete nesting ho'.es (liscov, red oi' the Pied King- 
fisher (Ccrylc raria). A single pale brown Shrike (Lanius 
isnhi'lliiiNs ) a female Shikra, and one Grey Wagtail (Mot- 
acilla nii'lanope) seen feeding hy the water's edge. 
As ( was walking home through the Rak in the evening 
my terrier rescued a Crow from what was almost certainly 
a Booted Eagle {Hicractus pennatus). 
Jan Green Parrakcets (Palaeornis tnrquatrs) a;e now beginning 
to pair. 
Jan 27.- -A Red-headed Merlin seen. 
Saw what was almost certainly a male Blue -headed 
Robin, Adrliira carrulriccphala — a small black and white 
Chat that breeds at high elevations in the Himalayas, de- 
scending lower during the winter. I had been expecting 
to find it here, as numbers occurred in Rawal Pindi District 
for a short time during January and February, when I 
was there in 1911. 
A party of Jungle Mynahs {.Kthiopsa r fK-^rufi) noted ; 
there are probably a number about, but it is rather diffi- 
cult to spot them amongst the hosts of Common Mynahs 
(Acridothnrs tristis) . 
The Little Brown Dove [Tiniiir i^ainJjaicnsis) is now 
inclined to collect in flocks. A single male Blossom -headed 
Parrakeet. 
Palaeornis cyanoccphatus (Linn.). Western Blossom-headed Parrakeet. 
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