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amongst some stones in a dry river-bed. I took another nest on 

 a bare maid an in the same neigbourhood on the 6th November 

 containing two fresh eggs. 



" Belgaum : 8th Oct., two fresh eggs. 25th Feb., two incu- 

 bated eggs. 21st March, two fresh eggs in one nest, and two 

 young birds ready to fly in another. I also found nests on the 

 following dates : 26th Oct., 3rd Dec., and 6th Dec., all three 

 nests containing two incubated eggs. Another nest in Belgaum on 

 the 23rd April containing two fresh eggs." 



Mr. J. Davidson tells us, writing from Sholapur : " This is a 

 common bird both here and in Sattara, and seems also to breed 

 over a great part of the year. I found its nest with one fresh egg 

 at Patan (Sattara) in December ; again, with two young at Adul 

 (Sattara) in February ; again in the beginning of May in Sattara ; 

 and in considerable numbers in July, August, and September in 

 Sholapur. The nests were a mixture of grass, shreds of cloth, and 

 feathers, easily distinguishable from those of the Small Crested 

 Lark, which, as far as I could judge from numerous specimens, 

 were entirely made of fine grass. They were placed on the ground 

 in a slight depression, frequently touching the stalk of a tallish 

 weed, but always, as far as I observed, where the grass is very 

 short. I have never observed more than two eggs, and have often 

 (ten times or so) found them fully incubated." 



And he continues : " About three weeks ago 1 got another nest 

 of this Finch-Lark with two fresh eggs, so I think it really breeds 

 through the whole year in this part of the Deccan." 



Captain Horace Terry says : " I found a nest of this Lark at 

 Bellary on the 7th December, placed on the roof of a godown 

 adjoining my bungalow. Nothing very odd in this, perhaps, but I 

 have often noticed these birds have a fondness for some small stones 

 round the edge of their nests, and sure enough this bird had a very 

 fine collection of them up there. How they got there it is difficult 

 to say. One can hardly imagine the birds took the trouble to take 

 them up there, but I suppose they must have." 



Mr. G. Yidal, writing of the South Konkan, remarks : " Very 

 common in the more open country, in fields and rocky tablelands. 

 Breeds in October, November, and again in April. The nests are 

 tiny cups of grass, lined with tow and shreds of wool, probably 

 pilfered from the blankets of cowherds. I have never found more 

 than two eggs in a nest. This species is very abundant on the 

 rocky laterite plateau on the summit of the cliff at Eatnagiri. 

 Here it builds its nest on the bare surface of the sheet rock. The 

 nests are not hollowed out, but are built in all round with a little 

 wall or embankment of loose gravel and detritus. There is no 

 attempt at concealment, but as a sort of landmark, and perhaps 

 with an idea that it gives protection, a small stone, from four to six 

 inches high, is invariably found at the side of the nest. In fields 

 and wherever the soil admits of being dug up, a small hollow is 

 scooped out, or else a natural hollow, such as a hoof-mark, is 



