1006 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol XXVIII 
The Blackheaded Gull — Larus ridibundus, L. 
On May 6th a party of some 20 Gulls in full breeding plumage with dark masks 
were seen on the Dhal lake, from whence they moved off towards the river. No 
specimen was obtained but there can be no doubt that they were of this species 
which I obtained at Jhelum in March 1914 when some numbers were moving up 
the Jhelum river on migration to their breeding quarters on the Salt lakes of 
Western Tibet. 
The Whiskered Tern —Hydrochelidon leucopareia indim (Steph.). 
The Whiskered Teru did not arrive until the end of April when I first saw a 
party flying down the river on the 30th of the month. Several were observed 
during the following days and when I visited Nasim Bagh by boat on May 6th 
numbers were observed fishing over the Dhal lake, especially over patches of weed. 
All were in full breeding plumage. The birds remained common until my depar- 
ture on May 12th when they were observed in some numbers about the flooded 
fields of the Happy Valley as far as BaramuUah ; none were seen below this. 
The call is a harsh grating version of the syllable “ Creak”. 
The Little Grebe — Podieceps ruficollis capensis, Salvad. 
Three or four Dabchicks were seen on some ponds near the BaramuUah road on 
April 8th. Single birds were seen on the Dhal lake on April 25th and May 6th. 
