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excitement, of the pair that owned the eliff, clearly thinking 
it no business of theirs. As thi.s took plaec towards dusk, 
these Ravens were doubtless on their way (for they were 
followed by others) to one of the favourite roosting sites. 
E.avens in Seotlaiid have often been noted for their habit 
of sleeping in eompanies, and our Punjab race is in no 
way different. In Mareh, 1911, near Gujar Khan, Eawal 
Pindi District I found about 50 Bavens settling for 
the night w illi a niinilier of Paiiah Ki'es in ; one tre?s ; 
and on the Chakvval-Mandra tonga road — vvhieh T have often 
bad to traverse by night during this last year — there are 
plaees on the road where on moonlight nights I have seen 
a large congregation of Eavens asleep in a tree. 
Feb. 24th. — Returned along the tonga road, finding another Raven's 
nest — this time in a tree by the road-side, a much larger 
nest than the other, and containing four incubated eggs, 
but the birds, although excited, were not nearly so aggressive 
as tJie other pair . 
A Stoik flying high was probal)ly the R'.a"k Slork 
(Cicovia nigra). 
Feb. 25th. — Rode out to an enormous cotton-tree on the river bank 
which is easily the largest tree in the neishbourhood . At 
the top of the tree is an enormous eyrie of Pallas' Fishing 
Eagle (Hcliaefus Iciicocorjuhuti), the materials of which mu.'t 
form a good cart load. Last year, in April, T examined 
tJie nest, which then contained two eggs of the Lugger 
Falcon, and some relics of its real owners in the .shape of 
a Heron's bill and tarsus. During the rains the nest was 
practically destroyed, only a few sticks remaining to mark 
the site. The Eagles returned to the spot at the beginning 
of September, but November (their usual month for nesting ) 
passed without any repairs being made, so I concluded that 
they had found another spot and had left this tree ; how- 
ever, I was wrong. The tree is an exceedingly difficult one 
to climb, owing to its great girth, but with the help of a 
rope an active hillman ascended and found two eggs in the 
nest. For some 'veeks previously one of the birds wa.s 
nearly always to oe seen sitting sentinel by the nest, even 
when it was empty . 
Numbers of Swallows flying about the river, but I 
could not identify the species. A Kestrel and a Merlin. 
A pair of White -cheeked Rulbuls (Molpastrs Icn- 
cogcvys) have taken to roosting in a tree in my compound 
every night. This is the first time I have met with the 
species in Jhelum itself, though it is common in the higher 
elevation of Chakwal and Dumman during the winter, and 
breeds freely in the Salt Range , 
