Birds of the Jhclum District. 
after examination. I then walked across the islanrl, whieh 
although thirkly grown was so small that I conchuled 
that the Cranes could not be nesting there or they would 
have been disturbed by my approach. Seeing a pair of Water- 
hens (Gn U 'v 'ila chloropiis), and some Pheasant-tailed Jacanas 
{HydrojJi S onis cJiirurf/Vs) in a patch of open water by 
the island I started wading again to .see if Ihey were 
nesting. I had only got a flew yards from the island when 
a man o.i Uic bank shouted that a Crane had rise.n silently 
behind n.y back from the bushes at the base of the island, 
and 1 at onee went back to the spot where I found the nest. 
This consisted merely of a small armful of dry grass spread 
carelessly in a hollow formed probably by the digging o\it 
of a jackal's earth in the bank of the island. On the grass 
a few inches apart lay the two large white eggs, which 
were left undistuid>ed . I then turned my attention again 
to the Jacanas. The water here was fairly open, studded 
with a few patches of growth ; it was deep enough to come 
half-way up my thighs and was full of a clinging moss- 
like weed, which made wading very unpleasant. However, 
failing to find a nest, I came out of the jheel and was 
going away when a Jacana went to the jiart where I had 
been wading and after stalking over the weeds settled down 
apparently on the surface of the water close by a tuft, 
as if on a nest. I entered the wati-r again and with some 
difficulty found the nest. It was difficult to spot — the 
three olive-brown eggs in a slight nest of weeds on the sur- 
face of the weedy water being very inconspicuous . The 
water was visible in the bottom of the nest, and although 
the eggs were not touching it, they must have ilone so as 
soon as the bird sat down . 
Other interesting birds noted at the jheel were an 
immature Cormorant {Fhalacrocoraoc carho), a Pigmy Cor- 
morant (P. javanicus), a Afarsh Harrier (Circus acru;/- 
itiosiis ) and .fome Avadavats (SporncgiiilhiiH anhnvJara) . 
Also attracted by the fuss that sonic Coucals {Cm- 
trnpus ftivcvsis) were making, 1 found that they had a 
nest containing dead naked young in a ehimp of I'ampas 
Gra.ss. Two eggs of Little Brown Dove (Titrtnr ramhrri- 
ensis) and six eggs of Franklinia buchanani also found. 
A White-necked Stork (Dinsura cpiscopiis) and some 
Nightjars were seen on the road to the jheel. 
August 17. — Found a nest of the Large Grey Babbler (Argi/a malc.olmi) 
containing young ready to fly; it was situated about 15 feet 
from the ground in a small Kikur tree. 
A Black-winged Kite {Ehnrtix aicrulius) and some 
Ashy-crowned Finch-Larks {Pyrrlndduda grisea) .seen. 
