Birds of the Jhclura District. 
when large numbers appeared on migration during the first 
half of the month. 
Two Green Parrakeeta {Palacornis torquatus) seen 
pairing on a tree. A pair of Indian EoUcrs (Corarias in- 
dica) by my house were most noisy and indulging in their 
courting flights. A Kestrel seen. 
Went into camp at Sohavva (1,426 feet). A King Vulture 
and several AVhite-hacked Vultures (Pticudo^yps hrngal- 
cnsis) noted. 
Sohawa . Heavy rain prevented much observation, but I saw 
a fine adult Lugger Falcon and a flock of Eastern Meadow 
Buntings (Emberiza cia sfrachcyi). 
The country round Sohawa consists of a sandy soil much 
broken up by shallow rocky ravines, the level ground being 
cultivated, and the ravines but sparsely clothed with coarse 
vegetation and a few low thorn bushes. The most numerous 
birds were flocks of Skylarks (Alauda arvensis) and Short- 
toed Larks (probably Calandrdla brachydactyla), which 
frequents the cultivations ; and Crested Larks (Galerita 
cristata) and Rufous-tailed Desert Larks {Ammomams phoe- 
nicuroidcs) which prefer the rocky ground. 
Over cultivation and ravine alike the numerous Chats 
lent a touch of animation to the scene . The White Chat 
{Saxicola capistrata) and the Eed-tailed Chat (S . chrys- 
opyga) were the most common, but a few Strickland's Chat 
(8. opistholeuca) and a single Pied Chat (S. picld) 
were noted . All the abovp species except the Crested and 
Desert Larks are merely winter visitors to this part. 
This broken country extends to the foot of a range of 
low hills that form an off -shoot of the Salt .Range proper. 
Attracted by a large white patch on the hill side I went 
to investigate and found the patch to be a small rough 
precipice whitened by the droppings of generation upon 
generation of Griffon Vultures {Gyps fulvi(s) which have 
used it as a resting place when weary of wheeling high 
above the hills. A native ofiicer who lives in a neighbour- 
ing village told me that he remembered the white patch as 
present in his boyhood, when however, it was smaller . While 
I was watching the Griffons, two Lammergaiers {GypfBtus 
barbatus) passed by, scanning the hillsides for the where- 
withal for a meal . 
Several Emberiza e. sirachvyi, 3 Swiilhiws, {Hlrnndo 
rustiea), some Crag Martins (Ptyaiioprogiic rupcslris), three 
Blue Eock Pigeons, (Coliimba intcnucdia), an adult male 
Sparrow Hawk, and a few Indian \A'hite- throats [Sylvia 
af finis) were also noted near the base of the hills. 
In the evening visited some ponds where a Heron 
