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Correspondence. 
NESTING NOTES. 
Sir, — In response (o your r.njiicst. for results, the fuHowing 
arc vc\y reoords for the season to date : 
Zebr.i, Finches (Tcrviopiigia cnstanotis) — several broods reareil. 
Flame-shouMen'd Tmujiials (Afjddoif: liiniicnilia 'i — nested, but did not 
lay 
ATueiienr, Hobin {Tiird/is )ii;f/rcforiiis) — one young l)ird reareil. 
OiT.n.fe-hcadf il Ground Thrush ((1 oc'rlila cilriva ) — two young reared. 
Sealy-l'i'onted Finches {Sporoiii pr^ sqiunuif rnns) — numeroiis cluteh's, did 
not rear. 
T'each-fared Lowbirds { Af;(i ponn'x rosi icolli.i) — several clutches, young 
now in nest. 
Blue-wingeil Sivas (Siva c/jin/iiroptt ra ) — built nests only. 
Common \^'axbills {Estrilda c'nerca) — three broods nared. 
Violet -cared WaxbiKs (Grnnatifia grnnatina) — reared young to twelve 
days, then cock died . 
Dian.ond Doves {Gcopdia ciincafn) — numerous young reared. 
African Finch-larks — ncst«d and laid a clutch of eggs, but did not 
halch out. 
G(ddcn-fronted Fiuilsuckers {CliJoropfils aurifroiht) — built nest on!j'. 
Elon. 12/1014. (Dr.^ M. AAISLER. 
Birds of the Jhelum District and an Ornithol- 
ogical Diary from the Punjab. 
P.Y H. WlIIRTLKR, I. P., M.B.O.U. 
July 'ii'. — Visiled a larg' flood of canal watiT, whicli had been al- 
lowed (o overflow into a field of coarse grass mixed with 
bushes, in the middle of which there is normally a small 
pool. Here ] fiiuiid a pair of that handsome Duck the 
Spot-bill {Anax pocrilorli/jyu-Jin ) who alloweil me fu ap- 
p.oach quite close before they rose. This is one of the 
very frw s[)i'( i< s of DiU'k that, nest in India ; they are 
known to brci'd in this district. Some way off, where the 
water was mori' sh.-illnw I foumi a number of Wliite Ibis 
{Ih's iiielinioi-i jiliiil'i) fieiling in conijia.ny with several Cattle 
Egrets ( BiiJ)>iJ(ii.s eoroui/ii/il'iis) and Pond Herons (Ardcoln 
f/iayl). With them wen' a llock of about 20 V'ood- 
Sandpipers {Tofatiris i/lanolii ) newly arrived on migration. 
Over the watei- a l.iigi' bird of prey was beating up and 
down, and as I could not quite make out the species, J 
shot it and found I liad secured a young Brahminy Kite 
(Haliii.ihir indvfi), wry different in its dull livery of rich 
browns to tlie liiLjhl}' coloured chestnut and wliite of the a- 
