THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 732.— June, 1902. 



BIRDS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED IN THE 

 DABBHANGA DISTRICT, TIBHOOT, BENGAL. 



By Gordon Dalgliesh. 



The country does not require much description, in most 

 parts being almost flat. Small woods, mostly formed of mango 

 trees, are plentifully scattered over the plains. Kice is largely 

 grown, besides other crops, as maize, wheat, and oats. Here 

 and there are large sheets of water, which in winter abound 

 with all kinds of water-fowl. The principal rivers are the Kamla 

 on the west, and the Bolan on the east, both flowing from the 

 hill ranges of Nepaul. 



My thanks are largely due to Mr. C. M. Inglis, who furnished 

 me with many interesting notes, which help to make this paper 

 more complete than it would otherwise have been. 



Gorvus macrorhynchus, Wagl. (Jungle- Crow). — Common. 

 Commences building in February. Eggs found in March and 

 April. The nest, which is a large mass of sticks, and lined with 

 dried grass and roots, is placed in mango or pepul trees. Usual 

 number of eggs from three to four. 



G. splendens, Vieill. (House-Crow). — Very common, more 

 so than the last. Breeds throughout the district in May and 

 June. Usual number of eggs four, though I have taken a nest 

 containing five. 



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