BIRDS OF GONDA DISTRICT. 
755 
No. 
290 
Scientific name. 
English name. 
Remarks. 
Otocompsa 
ventris. 
flavi- Black-crested Ycl- 
321 Sitta castaneiventris 
326 
Dicrurus anncctens. 
low Bulbul. 
Chestnut-bellied Nu- 
thatch. 
Crow-billed Drongo 
327 
330 
Dicruius ater 
Dicrurus cterules- 
cens. 
335 IChibia hotentotta 
363 
Acrocephalus sten- 
toreiis. 
Black Drongo 
White-belliedDronsrp 
Hair-crested Drongo 
Great Reed Warbler 
Breeds in the forests. General- 
ly in dense creepers, but one 
nest found was at the top of 
a fair sized Mango tree well 
concealed. May, June. 
Holes of trees. Entrance par- 
tially closed with cowdung, 
mixed with gum of fig or 
mango tree. February, 
March. 
A forest bird. The}' breed in 
the forests north of the dis- 
trict making the usual dron- 
go nest in forks of Dhow (Ano- 
(/eissus latifolia ) trees. Nest 
quite conspicuous, 3 eggs 
usually. Saw a monkey 
(-1/. rhesus) rob one of their 
nests, eating the eggs though 
savagely attacked by bird. 
Breeds in June. 
Common. Breeds in June. 
Has two types of eggs, a 
white and a spotted. 
Also a forest bird, except in the 
winter when it may be seen 
in nearly every ‘bagh’ in the 
district. It makes the usual 
Drongo nest in forest trees, 
placing it in the forks of 
slender boughs, eggs 3 — 4. 
June. 
purely forest bird. Breeds 
in the northern forests in 
June. Nest of the Drongo 
type in forks of Dhow .trees 
Eggs 3 — 4. 
Breeds among the reeds in some 
of the large jheels, nests at- 
tached to reeds growing in 
water, and about 18 inches 
above surface. I believe 
they have two broods a year 
as their nests have been taken 
in May, June and again in 
July, August. There are 
two, if not three types of egg. 
