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back woodpecker (second brood), the koel and concal, the purple honey- 
sucker, the drongo shrike, white-browed fantail, yellow-eyed babbler, 
rufous-bellied wren babbler, the Bengal and large grey babblers, the 
bulbuls, and orioles are breeding. Eges of the brown-backed robin may 
still be found. Stewart’s wren warbler has begun to lay, so has the earth 
brown wren warbler and the Indian white-eyed tit and the common crow. 
The treepie, mynahs, black and chestnut bunting, bush larks, green 
pigeons, partridges, plovers, white-necked storks, shell ibis, white ibis, 
black-backed geese, and whistling teal all have eggs during the month. 
While towards the end of it the grey-capped wren warbler, pheasant- 
tailed jacana, egrets, pond herons, cattle herons, some bitterns, night 
herons, spoonbills, cotton teal, and snake birds commence to pair and 
build. 
In Beneat, the palm swifts, crested swifts, white-breasted king- 
fisher, broad-billed rollers, lesser concals, Tickell’s flowerpecker, babblers, 
common bulbuls, common wren warblers, bush larks, florikin, sarus 
cranes, little pond heron, bitterns, black-backed geese, whistling 
teal, and pink-headed ducks have eggs. Besides, many other species 
which breed at this time in the North-West Provinces and Central 
India. At the end of the month, the dlue-breasted quail, bronze- 
winged jacana, watercock, ruddy rail, and great heron begin to pair and 
build. 
In Cerntrat Inpta, the shikra, the dusky crag martin, most of the 
nightjars, cuckoo shrikes, small minivets, blue redbreasts, rufous- 
bellied wren babblers, black-headed orioles, robins, chats, Hodgson’s 
wren warbler, rufous-fronted wren warbler, treepies, brahminy mynahs, 
bush larks, crown crest larks, plovers, brown rails, herons, and white ibis 
are the characteristic birds that breed. While Jerdon’s green bulbul, the 
black-backed green bulbul, the allied wren warbler, the Indian titlark, 
the green amadavat, the bronze-winged jacana, the white-breasted water- 
hen, the egrets, pond herons, cattle herons, and bitterns begin pairing and 
building at the close of the month. 
In Souruzrn Inpz1, the lesser kestril is breeding in the Nilgiris. 
Also the house swallow and the hill swiftlet, the orange minivet, 
the white-bellied drongo, the black-naped azure flycatcher, the white- 
spotted fantail, the blue redbreast, the yellow-eyed babbler, quaker 
thrushes, white-throated wren babbler, laughing thrush, rufous-tailed 
and jungle babblers, most of the bulbuls, the ashy and fuscous wren 
warblers, the rufous grass warbler, the Indian amadavat, the sky lark, 
the woodpigeon, the peafowl, the red spur fowl, and courier plovers have 
