44 A BIRD CALENDAR 



In the case of the following birds the breed- 

 ing season is fast drawing to its close : the 

 dusky horned-owl, the white-backed vulture, 

 Bonelli's eagle, the tawny eagle, the brown 

 fish-owl, the rock horned-owl, the raven, the 

 amadavat and the white-throated munia. 



The nesting season is at its height for all 

 the other birds of which the nests have been 

 described, namely, most species of dove, the 

 jungle crow, the red-headed merlin, the purple 

 sunbird, the nuthatch, the fantail flycatcher, 

 the finch-lark, the pied woodpecker, the copper- 

 smith, the alexandrine and the rose-ringed 

 paroquet, the white-eyed buzzard, the collared 

 scops and the mottled wood-owl, the kite, the 

 black vulture and the pied kingfisher. 



The sand-martins breed from October to 

 May, consequently their nests, containing 

 eggs or young, are frequently taken in March. 

 Mention was made in January and February 

 of the Indian cliff-swallow (Hirundo fluvicola). 

 This species is not found in the eastern 

 districts of the United Provinces, but it is the 

 common swallow of the western districts. The 

 head is dull chestnut. The back and shoulders 

 are glistening steel-blue. The remainder of 

 the upper plumage is brown. The lower parts 



