CHRYSOPHLEGMA XANTHODERUS. 199 



In the breeding-season, which in Travancore apparently is in March, Mr. Bourdillon says that the 

 " plaintive monotonous call of these birds (which somewhat resembles the breeding-call of the common Pariah 

 Kite) may be heard at all hours of the day as they cling motionless to the topmost bough of some tall 

 forest tree." 



I know nothing of its nidification. 



