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quaker thrush, white-browed bush bulbuls, and peafowl commence pairing 

 and building. 



In tlie Andamans and NioobakS, the blaak-naped ternlet is laying, 

 and the sea terns and guUs begin to congregate for breeding- purposes on 

 the rocky islands in the Indian ocean and Persian gulf. The island of 

 Astolah is well known as a breeding place. 



