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Birds of the Jhelum District. 
eggs ill a iiest of the Indian Roller in a hole iu a tree 
trunk about 10 feet from the ground. 
Three slightly incubated eggs in a nest of the Indian 
Robin {Thamnobia cambaimsis ) in one of the holes for 
the bars of a loose box in my stable. The nest was built 
of grass lined with horsehair . Three eggs in a nest of 
the Purple Honeysueker (Arachnccthra asiaticu) suspemled 
iu a Kikur tree about 15 feet above a pond. 
Two Siriated Swallows {Hirundo crythropyfjia ) seen. 
June 12. — Several White Ibis {Ibis mclanocephalus) seen flying over 
my bungalow in the morning. A Pied Mynah (tStiirno- 
pastor contra) seen. Cut out a nest of the Black -headed 
Mynah {Tcmaiuchits pagodarmn) built in a hole about 
a foot in depth in the trunk of an old Kikur tree ; the neat 
was built of grass and feathers. 
.'un<' 13. — Many eggs of the Bank Mynah (Aeridothercs gingitiianus) 
obtained from a large colony in a mound, which is ap- 
parently the refuse heap of an old brick kiln. The nests 
of course were all at the end of long tunnels worked out 
by the birds themselves . 
Cocci/slcs jacobinus, Pcricrccoim pirrgrinus and ^-Esalon 
chicquera seen. 
June. 14. — A pair of Wandering Tree-Pies (Dcndrocitta ru[a) have 
a nest in my compound . I was hoping to obtain nestlings 
from it to rear, but the eggs were blown out in a dust 
storm . 
Drove round the Cattle P'arm, where there were many 
water birds — the majority feeding in the irrigated fields — 
they included the following species ; White -necked Storks, 
Little Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Pond Herons, Black Ibis, 
and 2 Sarus Cranes. I also noted 3 Spoonbills which 
were the first I have seen here . 
Several Eagles were noted, including a very white bird, 
which was perhaps an example of Bonelii's Eagle (Hieractus 
{uscUitus). An unusual straggler at this time of year was 
a female Kestrel. 
A Rufous-backed Shrike and a Pied Mynah noted. 
June 15. — The Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters (Mcrops pcrsicns) which wer.3 
common last month have for the most part gone. 1 cannot 
make out whether they were merely here then on migration, 
or whether there is some other explanation ; at any rate 
there are still some to be met with hero and there iu small 
numbers only. 
Found a nest of the White-eared Bulbul (Molpastes 
lencotis) placed about 6 feet from the ground in a fork 
of " wand " or " Tal " bush (Salvadora olio'drs), it was 
a slight and fairly neat cup rather smaller than a couple 
of nests of Molpastcs haemorrhous which I had the oppor- 
