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Birds of the JIicliuii District. 
oi Wagtails on migration, rejjrcsuntiug, as far as I coulil tull, 
nfarly all the species that occur in these parts, but, owing to a 
(liiticulty in obtaining specimens, 1 have been umble to 
identify satisfactorily all the races of Yellow Wagtail.' 
Black -throated Ouzel [Mcrula atriguUiris ) noted for the 
last time; it has been scarce all the month. 
An egg of the King Vulture (Otugyps calvKn) obtained 
from the hilly ground at the foot of the Salt Range, about 
12 miles from Jhelum ; in this part trees are exceedingly 
scarce, and this nest, as also a second nest containing a 
newly hatched young bird, was built only about 15 feet 
from the ground on a gnarled old thorn tree. The nest, 
which was very large and appeared to be the accumula- 
tion of years, was lined with coarse hill grass. 
The Red-breasted Flycatcher (Siphia parva) continues 
common . 
A large Eagle Owl in the compound appeared to be the 
Eock Horned Owl {Bubo boigahnxis) and not the common 
Dusky Eagle Owl [B. coromandns) . The former occurs 
in the Salt Range commonly enough, but the latter species 
is the common bird of the Rak. 
April 16. — A Crested Honey Buzzard (Pcrnis cristatns) ; a Cuckoo 
{Cuculus canorus) heard calling on two occasions. 
April 17. — A Cuckoo heard calling. 
Left Jhelum on transfer to Hissar District t'^ho"*- 
3U0 miles south of Jhelum) where I arrived on April 27th, 
after breaking my journey at several places. The only 
points worth mentioning for this period arc as follows : 
All through the Southern Punjab {e.g. Kalka to Karual 
and Delhi) Rose-coloured Pastors (Pastor ro.scii.s) were 
very numerous on migration, a few being noted as fa,T 
north as Gujranwala. Now in Jhelum none had appeared, 
nor did I s6e any there on the spring migrations last year, 
although a small number passed through on the autumn 
migration in August and September. In Rawal Pindi dis- 
trict, too, I have only observed a few birds, so it seems probable 
that the main line of migration of the enormous numbers 
that occur further south must be somewhere more to the 
west of the Salt Eange ; anyhow they pass through Kohat 
in great numbers. This species is certainly irregular 
in its movements, but il would be of groat interest to 
work out the exact passage route. 
At JuUundon I found Tree Pipits [Antlius trivinlis) 
numerous on migration. At the same place two interesting 
nests were found. The first was that of the Indian Shikra 
(Aslur l)adius) ; it was a light untidy structure of sticks 
placed on the end of a broken bough about thirty feet 
or so from the ground in a large Peepul tree and con- 
April 14.— 
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