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writes that he saw and shot three which were busily engaged in searching the branches of a cotton-tree 
(. Bombax malabaricum ) . 
Nidification . — I am unable to give any information concerning the breeding-habits of this species. 
Mr. Parker observed a pair in July, engaged in making a hole in a tree standing in a submerged tank-bed, but 
was unable to get the eggs. 
Subfam. GECININiE. 
Bill wider at the base than in the last subfamily ; culmen more curved, the lateral ridge 
slight, in some genera absent ; gonys short. Feet with the outer posterior toe shorter than the 
outer anterior one ; hind toe small, obsolete in some. 
