NOVEMBER. 
Ix this month the breeding season is at its lowest ebb. The larger 
birds of prey are commencing to pair and build, but few of them lay so 
early, The breeding of the water-birds is almost completely over, and it 
is only here and there that in particular localities some few species may 
be found breeding. 
In the Himatayas, the bearded vulture, and possibly also the roc vul- 
ture, commence to build, but no eggs of any species have been recorded 
as taken. 
In the Punsas, the striated bunting, the common sandgrouse, and 
the grey partridge have eggs, while the raven begins to build at the 
latter end of the month. 
In the Norru-West Provinces, eges of the white-backed vulture, 
the ring-tailed fishing eagle, the rock-horned owl, the pin-tailed munia, 
and the black-necked stork may be found, while Bonelli’s eagle and the 
dusky-horned owl are pairing and building; the latter is, more strictly 
speaking, selecting than building, for it usually occupies an old kite’s or 
eagle’s nest. 
In Benet, eggs of the grass owl, the common sand martin, and the 
adjutant, may be found, and possibly some few others, but only these are 
recorded. 
In Centrat Inp1a, the Indian tawny eagle, the black-winged kite, 
the Indian screech owl, the mottled wood owl, and the painted sand- 
grouse are all laying. The green amadavat and Sykes’ turtle dove are 
pairing and building. 
In SovurnerNn Inpia, eggs of the amethyst-rumped honeysucker, the 
jungle babbler, the Indian amadavat, the grey jungle fowl, and the king 
curlew have been taken; and by the end of the month the golden-backed 
woodpecker, the white-necked stork, and all kinds of egrets have begun to 
pair and build. 
