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Edkorial, 
Editorial. 
Tir; following extracts, culled from the Journal of thi' 
l'.o:i:ha\' Natural History Soc, will, we think, prove of practical 
interest to our readers. 
J.B.N.H.S.. J'o!. x.vz'i., f>agc 1044.^ 
BiRlXS OF DiFFEZtENT SpECIES NESTING IN" CoMPANY. 
" The frequency with which I have found nests of different s;):ci.d 
" in the snme tree rather surprised me. Dewar has, I think, noted in cn; 
" of his books that the Oriole often breeds in company with the I'k.ck 
" Drcng-o, ;:nd it mui^t often be the attractive presence of this watcl.ni; :i 
" that accounts for others choosing tne same site for nesting purposes. 
" On sevcr.'il cccas.'cns I have found three or four nests belonging' 
" tD different species in cue tree and mention tliree cases. 
" igth June : A mango tree of small size contained, 20ft. up, a nest 
" of the Southern Greet! Figeon with two eggs; and slightly higher :r. J 
" to one side was the r.est of a Red Turtle Dove with one egg. 
" 30th June — In an ordinai y-sized fnango tree -W ere firsit of r!' 
" Red-vented Bulbul's nest, containing two eggs, then a little higher a 
"Jungle Babbler's nest wih tliree eggs, then a S. (ireen Pigeon's wi'.'l 
" two eggs, and finally a Black Drongo's contain-ng two eggs. 
" 7th Jul}' : A mango tree was the choice of a S. Green Pigeon 
" (2 eggs), below it of a Black Drongo (3 eggs), and loft. from the ground 
" of a Red-vented Bulbul {> yoUng birds). 
" I took the three flreen Pigeons' eggs, as they were of an 
" unusual shape. By the i5lh the Drongos had hatched out and ther>; 
" was another nest of a Green P'geon with one egg.' 
Lucknow, 10th Angus!, niQ. G. O. ALLEN, LC.S. 
The Red Turtle Dove {0 cnopcplia t. tranqucharica) ya 
Unao, U.P. 
" I had noticed in Unao in January 1914, often feeding along with 
'■ the Indian Ring-Dove, I.Ut I made no note of ever having seen many 
" of them. 
" This year, however, on Julie 19th, in the same district, I noticed 
them ill very large numbers on an open bit of ground that was once 
" a government babul plantation (it had nearly all been cut down now). 
" I commenced to count a flock and found there were 20 cocks and a 
'" few hens. 
" I soon saw a bigger lot; this numbered over 50, including both 
" sexes. In another flock there were over a hundred birds of this species. 
They were ;ill busy feeding — this was early in the morning — in 
" dense flocks which consisted entirely of this species as a rule. The 
" whole bit of ' usar ' there was dotted with these flocks, the colour of the 
flocks making very conspicuous patches. They were Iireeding now as 
" I tool; the first n?.-.t on M.-iy fcth. A couple of days later I took tw^O 
