Birds of Hit' Jltcltu/i Dialiicl. 
the number of Diuks, as practically all the Mallard have 
gone, only two or thie; bring seen in place of the niim- 
liiiv noted la,sl- month. .^V few Teal and a fair number 
of Pintail, hut the majority of the duek I failed to identify, 
tliej' were perhaps Gadwail. Almost all the Ruddy Shel- 
drakes have gone— a single party of six or seven only 
only being seen. A small gaggle of Geese contained Grey 
Lags and Bare-headed Geese. 
The Lajiwiiigs have all gone, and their place has been 
amply lilled by the Ked -wattled Lapwings (Sarcof/rammus 
indiciis) which arc now so numerous that a pair is to be 
met with every hundred vards down the river — a marked 
contrast to last month, when a single bird was something 
to chronicle 
Many L'lack-hcaded (Juils and some jHiilics of (Ireen- 
shanks on migration. A few Egrets about probably II<>o- 
dias garziila . On one of the islands a few Eiver Terns 
and Black-lxdlied Terns had started nesting operations — 
— most of the nest hollows were empty but I found two 
odd eggs of the former, and a clutch of three eggs and 
a single egg of the latter . 
A King Vulture was seen busily engaged at some ob- 
ject at the edge of the water, while several Egyptian 
Vultures were waiting their turn . Curiosity led me to 
investigate and the booty proved to be the carcase of 
a large Turtle — the Vulture had not made much impression 
on it. 
A large flight of about a hundred Books noted. 
Mareli 22. — A Black Vulture {Vidlur iiiuiuichtin ) Hew over my compound. 
Eggs in a nest of the Bed -headed Merlin {Faho 
aesalon) . 
March' 25. — Three Pallas' Fishing Eagles circling high in the air over 
Civil Lines. A fine immature tiercel Peregrine was noted 
feeding on a freshly killed Eeeve — it was very bold and 
did not in the least object to my watching the feast from 
a distance of some 50 yards . 
At the point saw a party of five White -cheeked 
Bulbuls (Molpastcs hucogcnys ^ which were clearly on mi- 
gration. They kept on fl3'ing up into the air calling and 
hovering as if trying to make up their minds to start 
off again. Other migrants at the same place were a pair 
of Ashy-crowned Finch -larks (Pi/rrhidaudn grisca) nnd a 
small party of Tree Pipits. Numbers of Jungle Mynah.s 
{Mlhiopsar fuscus) noted going to roost in the Eak. 
A fine Sparrowhawk and perhaps a Night-Heron seen. 
March 26. — Visited a sandbank where numbers of Glareola lactcn have 
prepared their nest hollows, but there are no eggs as yet. 
