THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. 529 
In India stilts breed in enormous numbers, laying* most of their eggs in June, 
although in Spain they are at least a month earlier; one of the favorite 
BROWN 
CREEPER. 
FORK-TAILED 
DRONGO. 
BLACK AND WHITE SHRIKE. 
BARBARY SHRIKE. 
HOOK-BILLED 
SHRIKE. 
BUTCHER BIRD. 
EUROPEAN GREEN MILITARY MACAW. AUSTRALIAN BLUE AND YELLOW EUROPEAN 
WOODPECKER. GREEN PARROT MACAW. WOODPECKER. 
haunts being some salt-works near Delhi, where the brine is distributed in 
shallow pools over acres of ground. The nest varies according to the nature 
