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the former figure ; they are pure white, rather stumpy ovals, and larger than those of its congeners. I have 

 found them to vary from 073 to - 63 inch in length, and from 045 to - 5 inch in breadth. 



In India it breeds from July till October. 



Mr. Theobald writes of its nesting as follows : — " I found the nests near Pothanore, in the Coimbatore 

 district, during the latter half of October. They were placed amongst reeds growing in a small pond ; they 

 were round, with a round hole on one side for an entrance, and were composed of dry seeds and leaves of some 

 flag-leaved grass very like the Cholium (Sorghum vulgare) . The lining was composed of the hair-like filaments 

 from the broom-grass of this country. Seven, I think, is the full complement of eggs." Mr. Hume gives 

 the average size as 0"64 by 0'47 inch. 



