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63. TtJRTUR suRATENsis. (Spotted Dove.) 



Extremely common, generally distributed, and resident. 

 They probably breed all the year round, for I have taken 

 eggs iu January, February, March, April, June, August, 

 October, and November, but by far the greater number in 

 April ; they will often lay again in the same nest from which 

 the first clutch of eggs has been taken ; and sometimes the 

 old bird, on being disturbed from the nest, will sham lameness 

 in order to draw the intruder away from it. 



64. TuRTUR RisoRius. (Indian Ring-Dove.) 



Very rare ; indeed I only saw one pair in the district, and 

 of this pair I shot one bird. 



65. Chalcophaps indica. (Bronze-winged Dove.) 

 Common and generally distributed in wooded country, 



orchards, and gardens ; but shy and wary, and much more 

 often heard than seen. 



QQ. Cacomantis passerinus, (Indian Plaintive Cuckoo.) 

 Rare. A male shot on March 2, 1890, had attracted my 

 attention by its single plaintive whistling note. The other 

 occasions on wliich I have seen this species were all during 

 the rainy season. 



67. CoccYSTEs JACoBiNus. (Pied Crested Cuckoo.) 

 Common and generally distributed, but only during the 



rainy season — the earliest arrival I have noted was on May 18, 

 1890 — and leaving again after the rains, at the end of Sep- 

 teml)er. They commonly deposit their eggs in the nests of 

 Crateropus canorus, but it must be witli the second laying of 

 this Babbler, as the first brood is hatched durmg the hot 

 season. 



68. EuDYNAMis HONORATA. (Indian Koel.) 

 Exceedingly common, resident, and generally distributed. 



Lays its eggs usually in the nests of Corvus splendens, but 

 once I found three eggs of this bird in a nest of C. macro- 

 rinjnchus, without any eggs of the rightful owner. 



The cry of this bird is incessant during the hot season, 

 frequently throughout the night as well as the day. Tiieir 



