JANUARY. 65 



that further search will lead to the discovery of many others. Our know- 

 ledge of that part of India is comparatively very incomplete. 



Besides the birds noted in the list, there are many that are known 

 to lay early in February, and which may possibly sometimes lay in the 

 end of January ; at all events they will be building in the present 

 month, and careful watch should be kept over their movements. 



Among these may be noted in the Himalayas the black-capped 

 falcon and the imperial eagle. 



In the Punjab, the bay vulture and the imperial eagle, these are 

 both rare birds, and few collections contain specimens of their eggs 

 taken in India. 



In the North-West Provinces, the spotted owlet begins to lay 

 towards the end of the month, as also the little ringed plover, for which 

 watch should be kept on the sands in the beds of big rivers, more espe- 

 cially on the flat sandy islands left by the receding floods. 



In Central India, the bay vulture is building, and theffrey partridge 

 commences to pair. 



In Southern India, the hestril commences building in the Nilgiris, 

 also the red spur fowl, while in Travancore the booted eagle, the grey 

 fronted green pigeon, and the grey jungle fowl are pairing and preparing 

 their nests. 



