Birds of the Jhelum District. 
Bronze-wing Doves (Phaps chalcoptera) . 
Malabar Mynahs (Poliopsiir muhiharicus) . 
There were also a good series of the " Freely Im- 
ported Species": Saffron and Zebra Finches, Silverbills, 
Cutthroats, various Mannikins and Weavers, Seed-eaters, 
Cardinals, etc. 
Buntings: Yellow, Cirl, Ortolan, Reed, and a pair of 
a pair of Chinese or Ruddy-backed {Emheriza rutila); quite 
a nice series. 
None of the birds are taken indoors during the winter 
months, and their vivacity and general fitness were an 
abundant testimony that the conditions suited them in every 
way, for a healthier, or, apparently, happier lot of birds we 
had never seen. 
I had hoped to have included an account of Airs. 
Turner -Turner's aviaries in this instalment, but find I must 
held this over till next issue, as both my time and space 
are used up. 
(To be continued). 
♦ 
Birds of the Jhelum District and an Ornithol- 
ogical Diary from the Punjab. 
By H. Whistlee, I. P., M.B.O.U. 
{Continued from page 205). 
The scene of the first four months in this year's diary was laid at 
Jhelum in the north-west of the Punjab. Then at the end of April I, 
was transferred to Hissar District. Hissar is situated at the soulh-easttri! 
corner of the Punjab, some three hundred odd miles from Jhelum and 
a hundred miles from Delhi. The district is a large one, about 5,000 
square miles in area — an area which consists very largely of sand ; for 
this part of the Punjab borders on the Bikanir desert and much of the 
district is desert-like in character, the jungle consisting of low thorn 
bushes and coarse grass growing on a .-:andy soil. There is, however, 
a certain amount of irrigation by canals, and the canal area is marked) 
by more fertile cultivation ; the canals themselves are lined with Shis- 
ham and Kikur trees, and are good hunting grounds for the naturalist. 
May is marked chiefly by the fact that a large number of birds 
are nesting, and there are a few signs of migration — birds left over from 
the main rush . But owing to my observations being made on strange 
ground, I have probably missed a large amount of valuable notes ; it 
