BIRDS OF GONDA DISTRICT. 
765 
No. I Scientific name. 
English name. 
Remarks. 
1203 Aquila vindhiana . . Tawny Eagle 
1217jSpilornis cheela 
1220 Butaster teesa 
1223iHaliaetus leucory- 
■ phus. 
. . Crested 
Eagle. 
Serpent 
White -eyed Buzzard 
Pallas’ s 
Eagle. 
Fishing 
1226jPohoaetus ichthyae- Grey-headed Fishing 
' tus. Eagle. 
1228 
Haliastur Indus 
1229 Milvus govinda 
Brahminy Kite 
Common Kite 
A common bird in this District. 
Breeds from November to 
January ; places its nest on 
the very top of isolated trees 
nearly always a Pipal. Out 
of 16 nests examined, 7 had 
one egg each, 8 two, and 1 
three. 
Breeds along the Kohany river, 
a thickly wooded and deep 
stream. Nest in large trees. 
April, May. 
Very common. Nests in thick 
trees. April, May. 
Builds a huge structure, general- 
ly on top of some large tree 
near a lake or jheel. Novem- 
ber, December. 
Locally distributed; found along 
well wooded streams or 
marshes in forests. Builds 
a large nest, well concealed, 
about the centre of some 
forest tree. They use the same 
nest year after year, even 
after it has been robbed; what 
is more, I took an egg from 
a nest on 9th November, on 
6th March I again visited 
nest and she had laid again 
in same nest. Again on 15th 
March next year, the samu 
pair occupied the same nest, 
I took one fresh egg. On 31st 
March she was on the nest, 
on sending up a man there 
was an egg, slightly set. 
Lays in April and May, eggs 
1 to 3. 
Commences carrying sticks in 
November, but does not lay 
till March or even later. 
