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fresh eggs. In both instancss the nests were placed in forks of guava 

 trees, and were neatly and strongly yet slightly built, composed of 

 grass roots and fibres bound together with cobwebs. The eggs are 

 broadish ovals in shape, and are creamy white in colour, with long 

 streaks of purplish and yellowish-brown. They measure 069 inch 

 in length by 0*55 in breadth. 



470. — Oriolus Tcundoo : Stkes. 



The Indian Oriole breeds during July and August. The nest, 

 pocket-shaped, is suspended between a fork at the extremity of a 

 branch of a large tree. It is composed of grass and roots, bound 

 round the twigs forming the fork with strips of bark ; it is lined with 

 fine grass. The eggs, three in number, are longish orals, pointed at 

 one end, and are of a beautiful glossy china white colour, with clearly 

 defined, deep, blackish-brown spots. They measure 1*1 in inches 

 length by about 0*8 in breadth. 



475. — Copsychus saularis : Lin. 



The Magpie Eobin breeds during April and May. The nests are 

 placed in holes in trees or old stone walls, and are often mere pads, 

 with a depression in the centre for the reception of the eggs, and are 

 composed of roots, grass, hair, &c. The eggs, four in number, are 

 moderately broad ovals, pointed at one end, and are bluish or greenish- 

 white in colour, speckled and spotted with different shades of reddish- 

 brown. They measure 0*81 inch in length by about 0*67 in breadth. 



480. — ThamnoMa cambaiensis : Lath. 



The Northern Indian Robin breeds from March to the middle of 

 July. The nest is placed in a hole in a tree or stone wall, under a 

 bank or the eaves of houses, and such like places, and is generally a 

 mere pad, composed of roots, grass, hair, leaves, feathers, &c. The 

 eggs, four in number, are oval in shape, pointed at one end, and are 

 pale greenish-white in colour, speckled and spotted with different 

 shades of reddish-brown. 



494. — Cereomela fusca : Bltth. 



The Brown Rock Chat breeds from March to the end of July, 

 rearing, I believe, two or three broods in the season. The nests, which 

 are mere pads of grass roots and hair, are placed in holes in stone 

 walls, in clefts in rocks, and under banks. The eggs, three or four 

 in number, are broadish ovals pointed at one end, and are of a pure, 

 pale, blue colour, with spots and specks of red and reddish-brown, 

 chiefly confined to the larger end, where they often form a belt. 

 They measure 0'82 inch in length by about 0'62 in breadth. 



