ar . ▁ ▁Be hav iour ▁and ▁e col ogy ▁ ▁They ▁have ▁been ▁noted ▁as ▁good ▁pol lin ators ▁of ▁wild ▁ban ana ▁species ▁and ▁several ▁species ▁of ▁the ▁g inger ▁family ▁and ▁often ▁visit ▁Lor anth us ▁sp . ▁(= ▁D end roph th oe ▁sp .), ▁Indian ▁sil k ▁cot ton ▁tree ▁and ▁Indian ▁cor al ▁tree ▁for ▁ne ct ar . ▁They ▁are ▁often ▁seen ▁in ▁plant ations ▁in ▁forest ▁areas . ▁Although ▁they ▁are ▁more ▁often ▁seen ▁in ▁secondary ▁for ests ▁or ▁in ▁clear ings ▁and ▁appear ▁to ▁be ▁toler ant ▁of ▁human ▁activities , ▁they ▁have ▁become ▁ext inct ▁in ▁some ▁forest ▁fragments . ▁In ▁Singapore ▁they ▁have ▁gone ▁locally ▁ext inct ▁within ▁the ▁botan ical ▁garden . ▁ ▁The ▁bre eding ▁season ▁in ▁n ort he astern ▁India ▁is ▁March ▁to ▁September ▁but ▁mainly ▁May ▁to ▁August . ▁In ▁southern ▁India ▁it ▁bre eds ▁from ▁December ▁to ▁August . ▁Two ▁eggs ▁are ▁the ▁usual ▁cl utch . ▁The ▁nest ▁is ▁a ▁compact ▁cup ▁attached ▁under ▁a ▁leaf ▁of ▁ban ana ▁or ▁similar ▁broad ▁le aved ▁plant . ▁The ▁nest ▁is ▁susp ended ▁from ▁the ▁unders ide ▁of ▁the ▁leaf ▁using ▁ 1 5 0 ▁or ▁so ▁" pop - riv ets " ▁of ▁c ob web s ▁and ▁veget able ▁fib re , ▁a ▁unique ▁method ▁of ▁using ▁sp ider ▁sil k ▁for ▁animal ▁architecture . ▁▁▁▁ ▁It ▁is ▁sus pected ▁that ▁H od g son ' s ▁ha w k - c uck oo ▁and