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March, or early in April, according as the season is a early or 
late one. In the Terai and Dhoon, they may linger somewhat 
longer, as I have a specimen from the latter, killed on the 20th 
of April. 
Whether they breed in the Himalayahs, on this side of the 
Snowy Range, I cannot say ; I have never met with a single 
one, during my summer rambles in the Hills, and very much 
doubt their breeding south of the snows. 
This bird apparently unknown in Northern Europe and Asia, 
(where neither Radhe, Pallas, Middendorf nor Schrenk appears 
to have met with it,) is found alike in North Hastern and Sou- 
thern Africa and Palestine, occurs in Burmah, and has been 
procured on the Yangtzee, by Captain Blackeston, but it does 
not seem to find its way either eastwards to Japan, or south- 
wards to Malayana, or the Archipelago. 
The livery of the young is rather peculiar, the whole under 
parts being a uniform, unstreaked, rufous buff, such as is met 
with in the young of Cineraceus, and in one stage of Ranivores. 
Dr. Jerdon has not noticed this stage, in which I have numer- 
ous specimens, and I have therefore, as will be seen in the note, 
described it at length. 
