. Birds' nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds. Illustrated . he mottled wood owl, the Indian amadavat, the green ama-davat, and Sykess turtle dove have all been taken ; and among the birdsthat commence pairing and building in this month may be mentionedthe shaheen falcon, the bar-tailed fishing eagle (possibly, but this requiresconfirmation), the dusky crag martin, the white-backed munia, and theruddy turtle dove. In Southern India, eggs of the white-bellied sea eagle, the commonkite, the southern golden-backed woodpecker,
. Birds' nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds. Illustrated . he mottled wood owl, the Indian amadavat, the green ama-davat, and Sykess turtle dove have all been taken ; and among the birdsthat commence pairing and building in this month may be mentionedthe shaheen falcon, the bar-tailed fishing eagle (possibly, but this requiresconfirmation), the dusky crag martin, the white-backed munia, and theruddy turtle dove. In Southern India, eggs of the white-bellied sea eagle, the commonkite, the southern golden-backed woodpecker, the amethyst-rumpedhoneysucker, the jungle babbler, the Indian pied wagtail, the Indianamadavat, the black-bellied finch lark, the ring dove, the grey jungle fowl,the white-necked stork, the egrets, pond herons, king curlews, and all ofthe resident water-birds may be taken ; and watch should be kept on thewhite scavenger vultures, shaheen falcons, bar-tailed fishing eagles, purplehoneysuckers, Nilgiri fioioerpeckers, red-hilled bush quail, and Indian snakebirds, which are known to commence building iu the course of the MARSHALL DEL, NEST OF THE PURPLE HONEY SUCKER DECEMBEK. 181 pq O ^ M H - ^ ■^ CS o ■r)< T-i (M ^ 3 Ph _gH O 3 ■1^ A-^ i-t o be S P. 53 « 3 CJ CO M fl< Ph 3^ «^ bo J .„ P^ c8 - O g h5 fl !^ .2 Ph M t3 rS OS H ^ Ph a m cs o M^^ o 1 o o o ts^ P o o ^ ^ <E S Sh^ M ^ ^S r^ l=i O c5 ^ g o « Pi ni -^ 2 i3 fl ^ el o o ■^ bo O ^, (D 05 MM 3 -^ ti^ a - <1 p ft p p p fi p a, OS S fl «i c3 0)61 5i Oh r< 1^ <1 O^ .1^ O P f^P P 1^1 <D ^ a ^ .3 -^ g -Sj ^ -2 i & ^ t5 Tl rt >-> n a 2 s 1 a (» 05 H bC ao - IS a o pq .s So ■^ ^^ en a M pq P4 t-l 2 fl w 1}( U3 t^ Oi CO (M fO ^ .3 w .2 M n3 CE ^ <a _a n eS e3 M fTi e3 S a a 0) OQ W <J M ? O ** ^ bp :p, a ^ ^ g M a 182 DECEMBER. Is g ^ .i3 ^ M td :^ w 1^ « p^ t* bo* « S P^ P^ W .2 ^ w tD q ^ <» o p ^ -3 p^ ^^ S,^ o ^ o £ o b Hi H v5 ^ ^ <« « «^ g JH ;P .a m — CD
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