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vary, however, in size and shape, the longest measuring 1'4 by 

 0-9 inch, the smallest !! by 0-9 inch. Five generally, and, perhaps, 

 sometimes six, is the number of eggs laid by this bird." 



I can only say that three Cool's and four Crow's eggs out of one 

 nest was a very remarkable find. 



Dr. Scully remarks of the Cccl in Xepal : " The Indian Coel 

 is a seasonal visitor to the valley, arriving about the end of March 

 or beginning of April, and departing in September. It frequents 

 the woods of the central part of the valley, gardens, groves, and 

 trees, near houses and villages; in April, May, and June its \\ ell- 

 known cry may be constantly heard. The eggs are laid in the 

 nest of the common Crow (6'. splendeas), as in the plains of India." 



Colonel Butler remarks : " The Indian Coel breeds in the 

 neighbourhood of Deesa towards the end of the hot weather, com- 

 mencing about the first week in June. I took eggs this year upon 

 the following dates (IbTO): 



" June 7th. 1 fresh egg in nest of C. sjjilendens w irh 3 Crow's eggs. 

 14th. 2 fresh eggs 3 



17th. 1 fresh egg 



21st. 1 



21st. 1 



21st. 1 



21st. 1 



27th. 2 addled eggs 



27th. 1 fresh egg 



4 

 3 

 3 



4 



3 



3 young Crows. 



5 Crow's eggs. 



July 1st. 2 fresh eggs 1 



3rd. 3 ,, 3 



" On the 8th July I saw two Crow s pursuing a male Coel, and 

 after a long chase the Coel dashed into a low bush, from which 

 the Crows drove it into a thick euphorbia hedge ; they then attacked 

 it vigorously, and the bird was so frightened that I dismounted 

 from my horse and caught it in my hand. The follow ing day a 

 beautiful female specimen was mobbed to death by Crows in the 

 compound next to mine, and brought to me by the men who saw- 

 it killed. When the hen bird lays she often turns some of the 

 Crow's eggs out of the nest, as I have several times examined Crows' 

 nests and found three or four eggs one day, and on examining 

 them a day or two later have found some of the Crow's eggs miss- 

 ing and CceTs eggs in their place." 



And again : " In Belgaum Coels lay much earlier than in 

 Guzerat. The first egg I got this year was on the 13th April, when 

 two \iere brought tome quite fresh. On the 16th I got two more 

 fresh eggs, on the 18th two more, and on the 27th another, also a 

 young bird ready to fly ; the egg of this latter must have been laid 

 about the middle of March. Another fresh egg on the 28th April, 

 and in the same nest two more eggs on the 1st May, upon which date 

 1 also took two more fresh eggs, one being laid in a nest by itself, 

 evidently before the Crow had commenced to lay, as the nest was 

 empty the day before. On the 5th May I took 9 more fresh 

 eggs, and again came across a nest in which the Coel had laid before 



