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Mr. H. Parker on Acidification and 



Turtur suratensis 



South Ceylon. Mannak. 

 Mar. to June. Jan. to July. 



Turtur risorius .... Jan. to July. 



Drymo3ca jerdoni June, July. Jan., Feb. 



Drymceca valida .... Jan., Feb. 



Drymoeca iuornata ^^^Jj June. Feb. to Apr. 



Ploceus philippinus .... May to Aug-. 

 Munia punctulata Apr. to July. 



Miuiia malacca 



Munia malabarica 



Acroceplialus stentorius 

 Gallinula cbloropus . . . 

 Erythra plioenicura . . . 



Cxallicrex cinerea 



Porpliyrio polioceplialus 

 Dendrocygna javanica . 

 Sarcidiornis melauonotus 

 Ardeola grayi 



Platalea leucorodia 

 Ibis melanocepbalus 

 Plegadis falcinellus 

 Herodias intermedia 

 Herodias garzetta . , 

 Nycticorax griseus . . 

 Phalacrocorax pygmaeus 

 Plotus nielanogfaster . . . 



May to Aug. 



June, July. 



May to July, 

 July, Aug. 



June to Aug. 



May, June. 



March. 



Jan., Feb. 



Jan., Feb. 



Dec. to Apr. 



Dec. to Apr. 



March. 

 Jan. to Mar. 

 3Iar., Apr. 



Nov. to Feb. 

 Jan., Feb. 



February. 

 Jan., Feb. 

 February. 

 Jan., Feb. 

 Jan., Feb. 

 (?)Feb.,Mar. 



February. 



Feb. to Apr. 



Jan. to (?) Mar. 



January. 



February. 

 Nov. to Feb. 

 Dec. or Jan. 

 Dec. to Feb. 

 Dec. to Feb. 



Jan., Feb. 



Dec, Jan. 



Feb., Mar. 



Eemarks. 

 From January to March in 

 partly submerged bushes ; 

 afterwards other sites. 



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Insectt; most abundant in grass. 



In sedge and low thorns in 



tanks. 

 Feeds in paddy-fields. 

 Nests in partly submerged 



thorn-bushes in beds of 



tanliS. 



In reeds in tanks. 



In partly submerged thorns. 



In sedge and reeds. 



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In partly submerged trees. 



In partly submerged thorn- 

 trees. 



(Young obtained.) 



In partly submerged trees. 



After the breediug-seasoii is over and the young birds are 

 well able to provide for themselves, there is a general exodus 

 in March or April of most of the Grallatores that are not 

 true migrants, and of the Natatores, winch reappear only after 

 the beginning of the next north-east monsoon rains. (Small 

 numbers of some species, however, remain throughout the 

 year, obtaining a precarious living among pools in the beds 

 of streams or the muddy dregs of the water in the tanks. A 

 few also are permanent residents on the coast.) These 

 special (as distinguished from the true) migrants are the 



