The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 | Page 3

(_Vieill._) 335. Chibia hottentotta (_Linn._) 338. Dissemurulus lophorhinus (_Vieill._) 339. Bhringa remifer (_Temm._) 340. Dissemurus paradiseus (_Linn._)
Family CERTHIIDAE.
341. Certhia himalayana, _Vig._ 342. ---- hodgsoni, Brooks 347. Salpornis spilonota (_Frankl._) 352. Anorthura neglecta (_Brooks_) 355. Urocichla caudata (_Bl._) 350. Pnoepyga squamata (_Gould_)
Family REGULIDAE.
358. Regulus cristatus, _Koch._
Family SYLVIIDAE.
363. Acrocephalus stentoreus (_H. & E._) 366. ---- dumetorum, _Bl._ 367. ---- agricola (_Jerd._) 371. Tribura thoracica (_Bl._) 372. ---- luteiventris, _Hodgs._ 374. Orthotomus sutorius (_Forst._) 375. ---- atrigularis, _Temm._ 380. Cisticola volitans (_Swinhoe_) 381. ---- cursitans (_Frankl._) 382. Franklinia gracilis (_Frankl._) 383. ---- rufescens (_Bl._) 384. ---- buchanani (_Bl._) 385. ---- cinereicapilla (_Hodgs._) 386. Laticilla burnesi (_Bl._) 388. Graminicola bengalensis, _Jerd._ 389. Megalurus palustris, _Horsf._ 390. Schoenicola platyura (_Jerd._) 391. Acanthoptila nepalensis (_Hodgs._) 392. Chaetornis locustelloides (_Bl._) 394. Hypolais rama (_Sykes_) 402. Sylvia affinis (_Bl._) 406. Phylloscopus tytleri, Brooks 410. ---- fuscatus (_Bl._) 415. ---- proregulus (_Pall._) 416. ---- subviridis (_Brooks_) 418. Phylloscopus humii (_Brooks_) 428. Acanthopneuste occipitalis (_Jerd._) 430. ---- davisoni, Oates 434. Cryptolopha xanthoschista (_Hodgs._) 435. ---- jerdoni (_Brooks_) 436. ---- poliogenys (_Bl._) 437. ---- castaneiceps (_Hodgs._) 438. ---- cantator (_Tick._) 440. Abrornis superciliaris, Tick 441. ---- schisticeps (_Hodgs._) 442. ---- albigularis _Hodgs._ 445. Scotocerca inquieta (_Cretzschm._) 446. Neornis flavolivaceus (_Hodgs._) 448. Horornis fortipes _Hodgs._ 450. ---- pallidus (_Brooks_) 451. ---- pallidipes (_Blanf._) 452. ---- major (_Hodgs._) 454. Phyllergates coronatus (_Jerd. $ Bl._) 455. Horeites brunneifrons, _Hodgs._ 458. Suya crinigera, Hodgs 459. ---- atrigularis, Moore 460. ---- khasiana, _Godw.-Aust._ 462. Prinia lepida, Bl 463. ---- flaviventris (_Deless_) 464. ----socialis, Sykes 465. ----sylvatica, Jerd 466. ----inornata, Sykes 467. ----jerdoni (_Bl._) 468. ----blanfordi (_Walden_)
Family LANIIDAE.
Subfamily LANIINAE.
469. Lanius lahtora (_Sykes_) 473. ---- vittatus, Valenc 475. ---- nigriceps (_Frankl._) 476. ---- erythronotus (_Vig._) 477. ---- tephronotus (_Vig_) 481. ---- cristatus, Linn 484. Hemipus picatus (_Sykes_) 485. ---- capitalis (_McClell._) 480. Tephrodornis pelvicus (_Hodgs_) 487. ---- sylvicola, Jerd 488. ---- pondicerianus (_Gm._) 490. Pericrocotus speciosus (_Lath._) 494. Pericrocotus flammeus (_Forst._) 495. ---- brevirostris (_Vigors_) 499. ---- roseus (_Vieill._) 500. ---- peregrinus (_Linn._) 501. ---- erythropygius (_Jerd._) 505. Campophaga melanoschista (_Hodgs._) 508. ---- sykesi (_Shield._) 509. ---- terat (_Bodd._) 510. Graucalus macii, Lesson
Subfamily ARTAMINAE.
512. Artamus fuscus, Vieill 513. ---- leucogaster (_Valenc._)
Family ORIOLIDAE.
518. Oriolus kundoo, Sykes 521. ---- melanocephalus, _Linn._ 522. ---- traillii (_Vigors_)
Family EULABETIDAE.
523. Eulabes religiosa (_Linn._) 524. ---- intermedia (_A. Hay_) 526. ---- ptilogenys (_Bl._) 527. Calornis chalybe?us (_Horsf._)
Family STURNIDAE.
528. Pastor roseus (_Linn._) 529. Sturnus humii, Brooks 531. ---- minor, Hume 537. Sturnia blythii (_Jerd._) 538. ---- malabarica (_Gm._) 539. ---- nemoricola, Jerd 543. Ampeliceps coronatus, Bl 544. Temenuchus pagodarum (_Gm._) 546. Graculipica nigricollis (_Payk._) 549. Acridotheres tristis (_Linn._) 550. ---- melanosternus, Legge 551. ---- ginginianus (_Lath._) 552. Aethiopsar fuscus (_Wayl._) 555. Sturnopastor contra (_Linn._) 556. ---- superciliaris, Bl

ERRATA.
Page 103. After Drymocataphus tickelli insert (Blyth).
Page 126. For Bhringa tenuirostris read B. tectirostris.
Page 223. For Pnoepyga albiventris (Hodgs.), read Pnoepyga squamata (Gould).
Page 311. After Lanius vittatus Insert Valene.
[Illustration: THOMAS CAVERHILL JERDON.]
[Illustration: BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON.]
[Illustration: SAMUEL RICHARD TICKELL.]

Order PASSERES. Family CORVIDAE. Subfamily CORVINAE.
1. Corvus corax, Linn. The Raven.
Corvus corax, _Linn., Jerd. B. Ind. ii_, p. 293. Corvus lawrencii, _Hume_; _Hume, Rough Draft N. & E_. no. 657.
I separated the Punjab Raven under the name of Corvus lawrencei ('Lahore to Yarkand,' p. 83), and I then stated, what I wish now to repeat, that if we are prepared to consider _C. corax, C. littoralis, C. thibetanus_, and _C. japonensis_ all as one and the same species, then _C. lawrencei_ too must be suppressed; but if any of these are retained as distinct, then so must _C. lawrencei_ be[A].
[Footnote A: I think it impossible to separate the Punjab Raven from the Ravens of Europe and other parts of the world, and I have therefore merged it into _C. corax_.--ED.]
The Punjab Raven breeds throughout the Punjab (except perhaps in the Dehra Ghazee Khan District), in Bhawulpoor, Bikaneer, and the northern portions of Jeypoor and Jodhpoor, extending rarely as far south as Sambhur. To Sindh it is merely a seasonal visitant, and I could not learn that they breed there, nor have I ever known of one breeding anywhere east of the Jumna. Even in the Delhi Division of the Punjab they breed sparingly, and one must go further north and west to find many nests.
The breeding-season lasts from early in December to quite the end of March; but this varies a little according to season and locality, though the majority of birds always, I think, lay in January.
The nest is generally placed in single trees of no great size, standing in fields or open jungle. The thorny Acacias are often selected, but I have seen them on Sisoo and other trees.
The nest, placed in a stout fork as a rule, is a large, strong, compact, stick structure, very like a Rook's nest at home, and like these is used year after year, whether by the same birds or others of the same