Birds of the Jhchon District. 
341 
turns in every direetioii, and utl«ring all the (inie a i iu-ious 
ehirping song. 1 also found an unfinished nest of Prinln 
tnornaia, and a nest with one egg apparently of Franldhiid 
buchanani . This nest, however, differed from that of 
yesterday's in that it was lined wilh fine grass instead of 
with silky down . 
A nest of the Madras JJcd -venleil I'ulbul {M<)lpa.-<les 
hacmorrhous), with three eggs found in a tTiorn tree by 
the roadside. Four eggs in a nest of the Conimon iiabbler 
(Aryija caudrita) placed about 3 feet from the ground 
in a thorn bush. Several colonies of Plocviis hnya found 
building . 
Some Pied Crested Cuckoos and 2 Eufous -backed 
Shrikes (Lanius cryffiroi/ol lis ) noted. A siiM^le \)nail (C . 
coromandclica) flushed. 
July 7. — Several Finch-Larks (Ainiiionunis pJiooiiciini) noted Hying 
over high in the morning. 
Went by train from Hissar to Hansi ; noted several 
Black, and White Ibis from the train . 
Then rode from Hansi to Narnaund along the canal 
bank, noting an adult Brahminy Kite (Hul/asliir iti-his), 
2 Green Sandpipers {Totunuis ocliropii.s \ a pair of PratiK- 
colu aipralit and several small Minivets {Pcrii-rocol ii.s pryi;- 
grlnus). I'ea-fowl numerous all the way. I noted a Bab- 
bler {Arrjya malcolini) with the first few primaries in ea'h 
wing white ; it was about the same place next day. 
July 8. — At Narnauud in the early morning I saw for the first time 
a pair of that curious species the Nukta or Comb -duck 
{Sarcidioniis melanotus) — a species as large as a goo^e, 
the male bearing a curious growth at Ihe basi^ of the 
xipper mandible. They were flying over the rest-house 
compound, when they separated ; the male continued on his 
way, while the female settled on a lofty bough at the top 
of a dying tree, where she sat and reflected for some time 
before flying away again . 
This same tree was much frequented by a Grey Horn- 
bill (Lophociros biroatris), which I saw visiting a li'jle 
in the trunk from which he extracted some objects that hi' 
ate with great satisfaction. From the excitement of a pnir 
of Mynahs, who strongly objected to the proreeding, it ap- 
pears probable that the titbits were the Mynah's eggs or 
young . 
Bode in from Narnaund to Hansi, along the canal 
banks, where I found a A^'hite -necked Stork (Dicsiirn cpi- 
scopi(s) sitting on a large untidy stick nest placed in a 
side boiigh of a large Shisham. The bird sat clo^e and when 
disturbed kept on flying round, returning as scon as I left the 
tree ; from the clucking noise, when the bird moved it was 
