1 8; A BIRD CALENDAR 



are also very irregular as to their nesting 

 habits. Their eggs have been taken in every 

 month of the year except June. 



In some places Indian sand-martins are busy 

 at their nesta, but the breeding season of the 

 majority of these birds does not begin until 

 January. 



Pallas's fishing-eagle is another species of 

 which the eggs are likely to be found in the 

 present month. If a pair of these birds have a 

 nest they betray the fact to the world by the 

 unmusical clamour they make from sunrise to 

 sunset. 



The nesting season of the tawny eagle or 

 wokab (Aquila vindhiana) begins in November. 

 The nest is a typical raptorial one, being 

 a large platform of sticks. It may attain a 

 length of three feet and it is usually as broad 

 as it is long ; it is about six inches in depth. It 

 is generally lined with leaves, sometimes with 

 straw or grass and a few feathers. It is placed 

 at the summit of a tree. Two eggs are usually 

 laid. These are dirty white, more or less 

 speckled with brown. The young ones are at 

 first covered with white down ; in this respect 

 they resemble baby birds of prey of other 

 species. The man who attempts to take the 



