. Birds' nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds. Illustrated . f several other kinds may be found; but the breed-ing season is now perceptibly on the decline. In Bengal, the amethyst-rumped honeysucker, the grass babblers,the black-throated weaver birds, chestnut-bellied munias, bustard, quail,and painted snipe have eggs, while the grass owls begin pairing towardsthe end of the month. In Central India, the common bulbul, the allied wren warbler,the common sandgrouse, the painted partridge, the likh florikin, thepainted snipe,
. Birds' nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds. Illustrated . f several other kinds may be found; but the breed-ing season is now perceptibly on the decline. In Bengal, the amethyst-rumped honeysucker, the grass babblers,the black-throated weaver birds, chestnut-bellied munias, bustard, quail,and painted snipe have eggs, while the grass owls begin pairing towardsthe end of the month. In Central India, the common bulbul, the allied wren warbler,the common sandgrouse, the painted partridge, the likh florikin, thepainted snipe, the bronze-winged jacaua, and the lesser cormorant areknown to have eggs. In South India, eggs of the tiny honeysucker, the white-browedbush bulbul, the ashy wren warbler, the common wren warbler, thepin-tailed munia, the Malabar-crested lark, the turtle and ring doves,the red-billed bush quail, the rain quail, the likh florikin have been taken,and probably many other kinds lay. Towards the end of the month thelo/iite-headed babbler, the jungle babbler, Adamss wren warbler, and thegrey jungle fowl commence to pair and o MO ^ *r- ro _ * .^ -i^ p f^ fi p -S i^ S 5 ^ a i? i: S & ^ ^ .2 _cs Kg tL « ^03 throiiand ■^ 1 oM ^ • ^ CD O 13 <» Hi O ^ ^5 I—I bC t, S bO 2. c3 es O Si i-H n o I-:; H M HH !-, <o .9. o fH =S g -S bD : . P • 53 g O ^ ^ _c? i ^ ,^ - r-l ^ C -i- C3 u o a i K -t^i o ??^ S? ©Q ^ P P P -^^ its cvo .s a f- s^ <i -*i -< : : 03o 3 03 a •rH io r^ ^ u % ^ ;^ 02 ■% -^ Oi a. pi4 HbC pq o 1 rt 5»J ^ 2 i■© bD H ■R <!•) (U J ^ H H IM eo o M5 jffl CD eo eo?o 00 (N CO IN IN ^^^ eo Tt< ^ ,3 JH T! n 03 03 r; 172 SEPTEMBER. o Sd 03 bCbO § 03 -^ ril o ^ -i-i bC lO do S I-
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