1 85 A BIRD CALENDAR 



call of the geese, the sibilant note of the 

 whistling teal, the curious a-onk of the brah- 

 miny ducks, the mewing of the jacanas and 

 the quacking of many kinds of ducks. Every- 

 where in the fields and the groves are heard 

 the cawing of the crows, the wailing of the 

 kites, the cooing of the doves, the twittering 

 of the sparrows, the crooning of the white- 

 eyes, the fluting of the wood-shrikes, the 

 tinkling of the bulbuls, the chattering of the 

 mynas, the screaming of the green parrots, 

 the golden-backed woodpeckers and the white- 

 breasted kingfishers, the mingled harmony 

 and discord of the tree-pies, the sharp mono- 

 syllabic notes of the various warblers, the 

 melody of the sunbirds and the flycatchers. 

 The green barbets also call spasmodically 

 throughout the month, chiefly in the early 

 morning and the late afternoon, but the 

 only note uttered by the coppersmith is a 

 soft wow. The hoopoe emits occasionally a 

 spasmodic uk-uk-uk. 



The migrating birds continue to pour into 

 India during the earlier part of November. 

 The geese are the last to arrive, they begin to 

 come before the close of October, and, from 

 the second week of November onwards, V- 



