JUNE. 
Tur breeding season is now just past its height. In all parts of 
the country the shrikes, the paradise flycatcher, the common bul- 
buls, weaver birds and sparrows, the black-bellied finch lark, doves, 
the common sandgrouse, and the little grebe are breeding every 
where; and throughout the plains the purple coot and waterhens are 
pairing and building. 
In the Himatayas, a few of the hawks and one of the swallows 
are still laying. The goatsuckers, bee eater, and roller all have eggs. Also 
the little kingfishers and broadbills in the low valleys. The Marshall’s 
barbet begins to lay. All the cuckoos and honeysuckers have eggs, and 
in the far west nuthatches’ and tree creepers’ eggs may still be found. 
Most of the minivets, drongos, flycatchers, wrens, thrushes of all kinds, 
blackbirds, most of the babblers, laughing thrushes, bulbuls, orioles, robins, 
chats, reed warblers, hill warblers, tree warblers (except the abrornis group, 
which are early breeders), white throats, forktails, wagtails, pipits, all 
the hill tits (Ledotriching), the carrion crow, the jays and magpies, the 
mynahs, munias, sparrows, buntings, skylark, pigeons, doves, a few of 
the pheasants, partridges, grouse and quail (these latter only at the 
higher elevations), sandpipers, coots, rails, bittern, and some ducks are 
laying throughout the month. Towards the end of it the red-winged wall 
creeper, striated jay thrush, white-throated bulbul, fulvous-breasted and 
large hill warblers, tree sparrows, most of the jinches, and the ruddy 
rail are pairing and building. The “ sacfa” or Hodgson’s partridge also 
pairs at the end of this month, in the alpine Himalayas. 
In the Pungas, the crested honey buzzard, and possibly also some 
of the eagles and kites have eggs. All the bee eaters are laying. The 
roller, white-breasted kingfisher, koel, concal, sirkeer, the white-eared 
bulbul, golden oriole, treepie, mynahs, bush larks, finch larks, black 
partridge, bustard, plovers, stilts, white-necked storks, and king curlew 
are all breeding. While the egrets, pond herons, cattle herons, bitterns, 
night herons, and spoonbilis are beginning to pair and build. 
In the Nortu-Wesr Provinces, the true eagles, buzzards, kites, 
and screech owl, are still breeding. The mosque swallow has eggs also. 
The goatsuckers and rollers, the little kingfisher, the common gold 
