fiiids of the Jheluin District. 
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birds having been put out. only a few (under a dozen) 
were flushed — if seems to be a very bad year for them . 
Nests of Red Turtle Dove and Purple Honeysucker 
with two and three eggs respectively found in the compound . 
A Rufous -backed Shrike {Lanius crythronohis ) turned 
up in the compound where it was noted until the -Sth April. 
Three Starlings seen, were the first noted since 'J()th 
March. A Blue-throat. 
A])i\\ (). — A high east wind and rain brought a great rise in the river, 
so that by dark the golf course was entirely under water. 
Here a party of five Gull-billed Terns was fishing persis- 
tently for some time, beating up and down ; finally they ail 
left for the river. A flight of five or six Greenshanks and 
Green Sandpipers were also feeding there, as well as num- 
bers of Swallows {Hirujido riislica ) and Sykcs' Striated 
Swallows {Hirvndo crytliropygia) . About a dozen Herons 
were noted flying north, calling to each other at intervals 
— these were migrants . 
Four Night Herons noted at dark on the big j)pepul tree 
iu my compound. 
The following migrants were noted for the first time : 
Wire-tailed Swallow {Hinoido siiiidiii), Blue-tailed Bee- 
eaters (M crops philippinus), and Pond Heron (Ardcola 
grayi). Large numbers of Wagtails passing over North- 
wards. A few Starlings noted. 
April 7. — Two or three Blue -tailed Bee -eaters. 
April 8. — Two Alpine Swifts {Cypseluis invlha) passed over. Hying iu 
a north-easterly direction. 
A nest with four eggs of the Jungle Babbler {Cratcropus 
canorus) found ; it was the usual loosely built structure of 
grass and roots placed about 15 feet from the ground in a 
branch . 
A number of Sykes' Striated Swallows {Ilinmdo irij- 
thropygia) and Common Swallows noted ; also the follow- 
ing birds : Small Minivet {Pcricrocotun pcregrlnus), Gull- 
billed Tern, King Vulture, Kestrel, and a male Indian Red- 
start (Buticilla ri(fi'Vcntris) . 
There were a number of Harriers about the first half 
of this month, mostly Circus acruginosus. but also some 
of another species not identified . 
April 9. — Two Shikaris arrived bringing a fine Saker Falcon (Falco 
chcrrug) which they had caught on the previous day — it 
was a trained bird, which had either escaped or had been 
released by its owner at the end of the Hawking season — 
for few people keep this fine Falcon through the moult, as 
it is cheap to buy freshly caught, and its appetite is a 
large one, so that it is really economy to buy afresh every 
season. Anyhow this bird could not have been loose long 
