141 A BIRD CALENDAR 



amadavats are feeding, the bird-catcher sets 

 down the cage and loosens the string so that 

 the flap rests on the earth. Some seed is 

 sprinkled on the flap. Then the trapper 

 squats behind a bush, holding the end of the 

 string in his hand. The cheerful little lals 

 inside the cage soon begin to twitter and sing, 

 and their calls attract the wild amadavats in 

 the vicinity. These come to the cage, alight 

 on the flap, and begin to eat the seed. The 

 bird-catcher gives the string a sharp pull and 

 thus traps his victims between the flap and 

 the side of the cage. He then disentangles 

 them, places them in the cage, and again sets 

 the trap. 



Almost all the birds that rear up their 

 young in the spring have finished nesting 

 duties for the year by August. Here and 

 there a pair of belated rollers may be seen 

 feeding their young. Before the beginning 

 of the month nearly all the young crows and 

 koels have emerged from the egg, and the 

 great majority of them have left the nest. 

 Young house-crows are distinguished from 

 adults by the indistinctness of the grey on 

 the neck. They continually open their great 

 red mouths to clamour for food. 



