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back woodpecker (second brood), the koel and concal, the purple honey- 

 sucker, the drongo shrike, white-browed fan tail 3 yellow-eyed babbler, 

 rufous-bellied wren babbler, the Bengal and large grey babblers, the 

 bulbuls, and orioles are breeding 1 . Eggs of the brown-backed robin may 

 still be found. Stewart's wren warbler has begun to lay, so has the earth 

 brown wren warbler and the Indian white-eyed tit and the common crow. 

 The treepie, mynahs, black and chestnut bunting, bush larks, green 

 pigeons, partridges, plovers, white-necked storks, shell ibis, white ibis, 

 black-backed geese, and whistling teal all have eggs during the month. 

 While towards the end of it the grey-capped wren warbler, pheasant- 

 tailed jacana, egrets, pond herons, cattle herons, some bitterns, night 

 herons, spoonbills, cotton teal, and snake birds commence to pair and 

 build. 



In BENGAL, the palm swifts, crested swifts, white-breasted king- 

 fisher, broad-billed rollers, lesser concals, Tickell's flowerpecker, babblers, 

 common bulbuls, common wren warblers, bush larks, florikin, sarus 

 cranes, little pond heron, bitterns, black-backed geese, whistling 

 teal, and pink-headed ducks have eggs. Besides, many other species 

 which breed at this time in the North-West Provinces and Central 

 India. At the end of the month, the blue-breasted quail, bronze- 

 winged jacana, watercock, ruddy rail, and great heron begin to pair and 

 build. 



In CENTRAL INDIA, the shikra, the dusky crag martin, most of the 

 nightjars, cuckoo shrikes, small minivets, blue redbreasts, rufous- 

 bellied wren babblers, black-headed orioles, robins, chats, Hodgson's 

 wren warbler, rufous-fronted wren warbler, treepies, brahminy mynahs, 

 bush larks, crown crest larks, plovers, brown rails, herons, and white ibis 

 are the characteristic birds that breed. While Jerdon's green bulbul, the 

 black-backed green bulbul, the allied wren warbler, the Indian titlark, 

 the green amadavat, the bronze-winged jacana, the white-breasted water- 

 hen, the egrets, pond herons, cattle herons, and bitterns begin pairing and 

 building at the close of the month. 



In SOUTHERN INDIA, the lesser kestril is breeding in the Nilgiris. 

 Also the house swallow and the hill swiftlet, the orange miuivet, 

 the white-bellied drongo, the black-n.iped azure flycatcher, the white- 

 spotted fantail, the blue redbreast, the yellow-eyed babbler, quaker 

 thrushes, white-throated wren babbler, laughing thrush, rufous-tailed 

 and jungle babblers, most of the bulbuls, the ashy and fuscous wren 

 warblers, the rufous grass warbler, the Indian amadavat, the sky lark, 

 t-he woodpigeon, the peafowl, the red spur fowl, and courier plovers have 



