. Birds' nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds. Illustrated . nting begin to pair and build. In the North-West Provinces, eggs of the white-backed vulture,the ring-tailed fishing eagle, the large grey babbler, the streaked wrenwarbler, the pin-tailed munia, the common sandgrouse, and the pea fowlmay be taken. Some of the Indian hoopoes too begin to pair and build. In Bengal, the grass owl is kuown to lay. Also the ring and turtledoves, black-necked storks, and some other species; and the common kites,the coymnon sand martins
. Birds' nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds. Illustrated . nting begin to pair and build. In the North-West Provinces, eggs of the white-backed vulture,the ring-tailed fishing eagle, the large grey babbler, the streaked wrenwarbler, the pin-tailed munia, the common sandgrouse, and the pea fowlmay be taken. Some of the Indian hoopoes too begin to pair and build. In Bengal, the grass owl is kuown to lay. Also the ring and turtledoves, black-necked storks, and some other species; and the common kites,the coymnon sand martins, and the adjutants begin to build. In Central India, eggs of the rain quail and likh florikin have beentaken ; and by the end of the month the painted sandgrouse begin topair. In South India, eggs of the white-headed and jungle babblers,Adamss wren warbler, the common wren warbler, the black-headed mu-nia, the Malabar-crested lark, the turtle doves, the grey jungle fowl, thered-billed bush qnail, the rain quail, the likh florikin, and the black-necked stork have been takeu. The king curlew builds towards the endof the MARSHALL, DEL. NEST OF THE YELLOW-BELLIED FArJTAiL. OCTOBER. 175 ri ^ ^ <a fl o rt o .^ a oa H W t» K s 2 ^ -^ ;3 Ti rt in ID bu a CD o ea bJD ,::S ^ P cq P ft M _ ^ [^ pq CDEh CD CD O r^ c3 so o ■s ° o 6C • . sg P^ cS ^^ ^■^-^ ^ o o 13 o ^ j:1 S ^ M ^ •3^ J ^ H 1^ H i-:i H H H p-t bD^.a - S ^ <^ 5 =« w rM ^ b. ^ t^ ^ o r1 CO fW ..3 bD-s ^ i & ^ So m !-■ a^ 1) -rt ^ a?, ^iH m-^ i ^ Z SB sd^rf- y ^ ^ W)P o O ^ a cb w 0 bn Ti .^ m «d , n-! 0 <D J ^ btt 0 d ,Jd ^ H <o ,d H .—I Ky r-r. p ^ r^ r^ Oj o f-3P O J3 . ^ aw fc^ s r« ^ ^ bb ^2 d rS ^ it ^1-3 10 U3 U9 to 176 OCTOBER. .2 ^ ■^ Sol- o3 -i-i o3m OS ^ 00 ar § ^ ^ ., oo m o oo ^ ID §^ o 2 o o -w rt M CO 3 -3 M S 03 SP 4) 3 « b S ^ ZZ2 H !» •S h^ org ^ a •§ ^ « I—I rS tn CS 2 g . a 02 t> p o
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