BIRDS Of GONDA DISTRICT. 
771 
No. 
Scientific name. 
English name. 
Remarks. 
1589 
Dcndrocycna java- 
nica. 
Wliistling Teal 
Among wild rice. 
1591 
Netopus coroman- 
delianus. 
Cotton Teal 
Holes of large trees. August 
September. 
1617 
Podicep.s albijxmnis 
Little Grebe 
A pad of water plants, among 
weeds, July to September. 
List of hird.s whose eggs have not been, taken, but which are believed to 
breed in this District. 
339 
Bringha remifer 
Lesser Racket-tail 
Drongo. 
Occurs in the forests and is a 
permanent resident. 
473 
Lanins vitattus 
Bay- backed Shrike. 
Seen in the forests in May, so 
probably breeds. 
495 
Pericrocotus brevi- 
rostris. 
Short -billed INIinivet. 
Saw a single male in forest, 
appeared to be feeding female 
on nest. 
1066 
Upupa epops 
European Hoopoe. . 
Birds seen during breeding 
sea.son, but nest not found. 
1107 
Cucnlus micropterus 
Indian Cuckoo 
Appears each year in July, 
calls continuously day and 
night for over a month. 
1112 
Cacoluantis passeri- 
nus. 
Plaintive Cuckoo . . 
Heard and .seen it in June in 
forests. 
1153 
Sti'ix Candida 
Grass Owl . . 
Birds seen in grass patches, in 
October, November. Two 
eggs brought in by birdcat- 
cher, said to be this bird’s, 
to L. P. Hutchison from just 
over Nepal frontier. Found 
in heavy grass. 
1168 
Bubo bengalensi.s . . 
Rock Horned-Owl. . 
Birds fairly plentiful along 
cliffs of forest streams. Eggs 
not taken. 
1173 
Scops gin . . 
Scops Owl . . 
Hen bird caj)tured in forest 
that liad evidently been sit- 
ting on eggs. 
