162 AUGUST. 



In Centkal India, eggs of the cliff swallow, Nilgiri nightjar, 

 purple honey sucker, blackcap shrike, pied cuckoo shrike, large grey- 

 cuckoo shrike, small minivet, white-browed fantail, ground thrush, 

 rufous-bellied wren warbler, green bulbuls, ioras, the great and 

 allied wren warblers, Sykes' warbler, the chestnut-bellied and spotted 

 munias, the Indian amadavat, the crested bunting, the painted partridge, 

 the lesser button quail, jacanas, coots, rails, king curlew, large whistling 

 teal, and lesser cormorant may be taken during the month. The lilch 

 florikin and the painted snipe commence pairing and building . towards 

 the end of the month. 



In Southern India, the honey suckers have eggs, also the ashy wren 

 warbler, the common wren warbler, the brahminy mynah, the spotted 

 white-backed and pin-tailed munias, the Indian amadavat, the crown-crest 

 lark, the rain quail, bush quail, and bustard quail : probably the eggs 

 of tnany other species also may be found. The white-browed lush bulhul 

 and the Nilgiri skylark are building towards the end of the month for 

 their second brood. 



