SEPTEMBER. 
In this month the water-birds form the bulk of the breeders, and 
with them the season practically ends in upper India. Most of the 
wren warblers and the rufous grass warbler and pin-tailed munias too 
are breeding everywhere in the plains, and a few stragglers of other 
families and genera. 
In the Himatayas, eggs of the streaked laughing thrush have 
been taken, but no others are recorded, and the season may be looked on 
as practically over. 
In the Punsas, eggs of the common sandgrouse, the grey partridge, 
and probably also those of the likh florikin may be taken. The pelican 
ibis too begins to lay in the eastern part of the province. 
In the Norra-Wust Provinces, eggs of the common coucal, the 
yellow-eyed babbler, the grass babbler, the common bulbul, all the 
wren warblers and weaver birds, the red-winged bush lark, common 
sandgrouse, the peafowl, painted snipe, black-necked and white-necked 
storks, purple herons, chestnut bitterns, spoonbills, king curlew and little 
erebes, and possibly of several other kinds may be found; but the breed- 
ing season is now perceptibly on the decline. 
In Beneat, the amethyst-rumped honeysucker, the grass _babblers, 
the black-throated weaver birds, chestunt-bellied munias, bustard, quail, 
and painted snipe have eggs, while the grass owls begin pairing towards 
the end of the month. 
In Cenrrat Inpia, the common bulbul, the allied wren warbler, 
the common sandgrouse, the painted partridge, the likh florikin, the 
painted snipe, the bronze-winged jacana, and the lesser cormorant are 
known to have eggs. 
In Sourn Inp1a, eges of the tiny honeysucker, the white-browed 
bush bulbul, the ashy wren warbler, the common wren warbler, the 
pin-tailed munia, the Malabar-crested lark, the turtle and ring doves, 
the red-billed bush quail, the rain quail, the likh florikin have been taken, 
and probably many other kinds lay. Towards the end of the month the 
white-headed babbler, the jungle babbler, Adams’s wren warbler, and the 
grey jungle fowl commence to pair and build. 
