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days in the various towns and villages 

 they probably pass on, either towards 

 the United Provinces or to Central 

 India and the Deccan. They do not 

 seem to prefer the plains of North 

 Western India and the neighbouring 

 arid districts of Rajputana and Sind. 

 The birds that breed in Tibet appear 

 to enter India across Nepal and Sik- 

 kim, but they do not tarry there long. 

 Parties arrive at short intervals and 

 after a very brief sojourn in Jalpaiguri 

 and Northern Assam, pass on to the 

 plains of Bengal below, or to Burma. In 

 winter these birds spread over the 

 whole of India extending up to the 

 Nelliampathy hills, the southern boun- 

 dary of the Palaghat Gap, but their 

 range does not cover Cochin and Tra- 

 vancore. During the autumn migrations, 

 the arriving flocks are mostly composed 

 of young birds. The exdous begins 

 early in March and continues through- 

 out April. The birds of the Gangetic 



