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tbey would place a few sticks on the nest and to-morrow they would 

 remove them, arranging and re-arranging and taking an infinite 

 deal of trouble, and the result was a nest that would disgrace even a 

 crow. The nests are always built in forks of trees. The eggs, four in 

 number (sometimes only three), are oval in shape, and are of a pure 

 very pale, bluish white colour. They measure 1*54 inches in length by 

 about 1*23 in breadth. 



29. — Aquiia vindhiana : Frank. 



The Indian Tawnv Eagle commences to breed about the end of 

 November and nests may be found quite up to the commencement of 

 the hot season, but December and January are the months in which 

 most eggs are laid. The nest is a large structure, composed of stout 

 twigs, lined with green leaves, and it is invariably built upon a high 

 tree. The eggs, two in number, are broadish oval in shape, but are 

 subject to much variation. They are white in colour, more or less 

 spotted and blotched with brown, reddish-brown, and occasionally 

 purple ; they are generally discoloured. The egg lining is sea-green. 

 They measure 2'65 inches in length by about 2'11 in breadth. 



38. — Arcaetus gallicus : Gm. 



I have never succeeded in obtaining an egg of the short-toed eagle, 

 but earlv in March a native, who often accompanies me in my nesting 

 rambles, reported that he had found a nest on a high tree, with one 

 egg in it. As soon after as convenient, I accompanied him to the 

 spot. There was the nest sure enough, but the egg was gone; the parent 

 birds were hovering round the nest, but they never laid again. The 

 native described the egg as being quite white. 



42. — Haliaetus leucoryphus : Tall. 

 The Ring-tailed Fishing Eagle is another bird whose eggs I failed 

 to procure at Neemuch. I found a nest just finished, at the Panghur 

 Lake, in December, and doubtless I should have obtained eggs had I 

 gone a fortnight later, but the distance was so far, and the road so 

 vile, that 1 did not think it worth while, as I had a series of eggs 

 which I procured in Sind. 



48. — Bulastur teesa : Frankl. 

 The Teesa or White-eyed Buzzard breeds during April. The nest, 

 a rather loose, cup-shaped structure, composed of twigs, unlined, is 

 generally placed in a fork in a mango or other thick foliaged tree. 

 The eggs, three (occasionally four) in number, are broadish ovals in 

 shape, and are delicate pale bluish— or greyish- white in colour, quite 



