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of sticks placed in a fork of a large tree. Two 

 eggs are laid. 



The breeding season for Bonelli's eagle 

 (Hieraetus Jasciatus) begins in December. 

 The eyrie of this fine bird is described in the 

 calendar for January. 



In the Punjab many ravens build their 

 nests during the present month. 



Throughout January, February and the 

 early part of March ravens' nests containing 

 eggs or young are likely to be seen. 



Ordinarily the nesting season of the common 

 kite (Milvus govinda) does not begin until 

 February, but as the eggs of this bird have 

 been taken as early as the 2gth December, 

 mention of it must be made in the calendar 

 for the present month. A similar remark 

 applies to the hoopoe (Upupa indie a). 



Doves nest in December, as they do in every 

 other month. 



Occasionally a colony of cliff-swallows (Hir- 

 undo flavicolla) takes time by the forelock and 

 begins to build one of its honeycomb-like 

 congeries of nests in December. This species 

 was dealt with in the calendar for February. 



Blue rock-pigeons mostly nest at the begin- 

 ning of the hot weather. Hume, however, 



