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Reproductive behaviours are crucial to the stimulation of genital. Aim of this study to access to reproductive behaviours of Scotophilus kuhlii including genital grooming, sniff, and licking in Siddharth Nagar. Furthermore, the morphometric variation including scrotum length of male, body mass was access in reproductively and non-reproductively active of Asiatic lesser Yellow bat, S. kuhlii at various districts from 2016 to 2018 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Video recorder used for access reproductive behaviour and Mist net used for captured for access the morphometric variation. Our result indicates that a total of 34hours have been observed behabiour of S. kuhlii such as genital grooming, urogenital sniffing, urogenital licking by a male were increased in February, after which gradually decreases. While vaginal licking by a pregnant female was maximum performed in April. The body mass of pregnant females was gradually increased until birth while scrotum length of a male maximum length size in February and minimum in November. The females gave birth to two pups in the last week of May. Newborn pups red-brownish in colour back and light pink belly which closed eyes and hairless. We conclude reproductive behaviour was important to make a success of the reproduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to determine the heavy metal concentration by using feathers of Ardeola grayii from different area of Lucknow. The metals analysed are: cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, manganese and zinc from different sites in Lucknow during September 2016 to February 2019. In all five sites (S1 to S5), for all five metals there were statistically significant variations of metal concentration in feathers of Ardeola grayii. Mn (17.8 ± 2.37) and Zn(48.17± 0.8) concentrations in feathers of Ardeola grayii were relatively higher, but mercury was not present any sample of feather. In the all five sites heavy metals present in order: Zn>Mn>Cr>Cd>. This study suggested that feather is used as non-invasive tool for metal concentration in feeding and breeding area of Ardeola grayii. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]