EIRDS' NESTING IN RAJPOOTANA. 61 



951. — Nettapus coromandelicus : Lin. 



This is another bird whose eggs I have been unable to procure, 

 although 1 have often seen the young. 



952. — Dendrocygna javanica : Hors. 



The Whistling Teal breeds during August and September. In 

 Neemuch I have never found the nests on trees, but always amongst 

 the sedges on the border of a tank. The eggs, six or seven in 

 number, are broad oval in shape, and are milky white in colour. They 

 measure 1*85 inches in length by about 1*49 in breadth. 



959. — Anas ■pcecilorhijncha : Cuv. 



I have never succeeded in obtaining the eggs of this duck, but 

 have often at the end of the rains shot the ducklings. 



975. — Podiceps minor : Gm. 



The Dabchick breeds during September and October. The nest, 

 a floating one, is composed of aquatic weeds and sedges. The eggs, 

 four or five in number, are, Avhen freshly laid, chalky white, but as 

 incubation proceeds they become much stained, from the habit the 

 bird has of covering her eggs with wet weeds when she leaves the 

 nest. They are elongated ovals in shape, pointed at each end, and 

 measure 1*39 inches in length by about 0*99 in breadth. 



985. — Sterna seena : Sykes. 



I found four eggs of the Large lliver Tern in the sandy bed of 

 the river in May. They are broad ovals in shape, and are of a pale 

 greenish-grey colour, blotched and streaked with brown, and having 

 underlying clouds of a pale inky purple. They measure 1*65 inches 

 in length by about 1*26 in breadth. 



In addition to the above, of which I have either procured eggs or 

 seen the young, the following birds must, I am sure, breed at 

 Neemuch, as I have constantly noted them throughout the year : — 

 55. — Haliastur indus : Bodd. 

 57. — Perm's ptilorhynchus : Tern. 

 59. — Elanus melanopterus : Daud. 

 65. — Syrnium ocellatum : Lesson. 

 104. — Dendrochelidon coronata : Tick. 

 107. — Caprimulgus indicus : Lath. 

 144. — Ocyceros birostris : Scop. 

 147. — Palffiornis eupatria : Lin. 

 149. — Palseornis purpureas, P. L. S. Mull. 



