50 THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 
Average measurement of 6 eggs °56 by °46 inches. 
Measurement of largestege ... °60,, 48 ,, 
Measurement of smallest egg ... °53 ,, ‘45 ,, 
The nests were all on mangoe trees, suspended to thin twigs 
at the extreme ends of branches, and very carefully hidden 
by leaves, to the stems of which they were also attached. 
This Tit readily forsakes its nest. All the nests that I 
examined during construction (and I must have looked into a 
dozen or more) were at once abandoned. 
660.—Corvus macrorhynchus, Wagl. Native Name 
—Kola-kowa. 
The Bow-billed Corby, though not by any means so common 
as the next species, is decidedly plentiful wherever there are 
human habitations, and is often met with in comparatively 
lonely places. It breeds in thickly-foliaged trees, generally 
mangoe or tamarind, in March and April. The following is 
my record of nests :— 
March 6th ... ... nest and 4 eggs (fresh). 
4» 0th oes “ A A ey CORE 
” 15th eee ace 9 2 93 ( bb) ) 
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Average measurement of 10 eggs 1°74 by 1:4 inches. 
Measurement of largestegg ... 188 ,, 1:16 _,, 
Measurement of smallestegg .. 1°60 ,, 1:2 p 
The nests are stick platforms, always placed high in the 
trees. 
663.—Corvus splendens, Vviezli. Native name— 
Kowa. 
The Indian Grey-necked Crow is, of course, abundant, and as 
impudent and familiar here, as it is elsewhere, wlale its chief 
characteristics are too well known to need recapitulation. [ 
may mention, however, that it robs nests, if not habitually, at 
least occasionally, for | have more than once seen it despatch- 
ing eggs with great gusto. 
It breeds very generally in July and August, the first fall 
of rain in June being the signal for building operations to 
commence. It may then be seen vigorously stealing the khus- 
khus from tatties, purloining pea-sticks, annexing twigs, rags, 
&e., with which it soon completes its nest. It usually lays 
four eggs of a greenish-blue colour, spotted and blotched with 
a shades of brown, some remarkably free from any spots at 
all. 
