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belonging to the owner of the nest, and the other of a nearly uniform terra- 

 cotta or pinkish chocolate colour similar in colour to, but darker than, that 

 laid by the dying cuckoo. 

 The egg measures Wx^O". 



This, I think, proves beyond a doubt that C. polioce^halus lays a terra-cotta 

 coloured egg. 



In this connection I should like to draw attention to the description 

 of a nest and eggs given on page 472, Vol. XI of the Journal. These 

 belonged also, I have now little doubt, to Drymochares and C. poliocephalus, so 

 that the latter would appear frequently to select the nest of the former in 

 which to deposit its eggs. 



Moreover, if this nest actually belonged to Drymochares cruralis, :as seems 

 highly probable, since the eggs and nest agree exactly with those of that species, 

 the range of this bird must extend to the N.-W. Himalaya as far west as Simla, 

 at high elevations. 



13U1. Alsocomus pulchrlcollis. — This pigeon is fairly common in the dense 

 oak and chestnut forests between 7,000 and 8,000 feet. I found two nests 

 in small trees about 6 feet and 10 feet, respectively, above the ground on the 

 21st June. They were the ordinary platform of sticks and contained each 

 one young bird. These I brought up by hand, and they are now denizens 

 of the Calcutta Zoological Gardens. 



1312. Macropygia tusalia. — This is the commonest species of dove in the 

 middle hills, about 7,000 feet. I found 6 nests during June and July, the 

 usual platform of sticks placed in bushes or small trees a few feet from the 

 ground. 



They each contained a single egg only, in various stages of incubation, 

 whereas in North Cachar this species appears generally to lay 2 eggs : vide 

 account of nidification by Mr. Stuart Baker on page 361, Vol. X of the 

 Journal. 



The eggs found by me are also of two quite distinct types : — 

 Large pointed ovals — average l'44"xl'00" 

 Small ellipsoid ovals — average 1'25" x 0-96" 



B. B. OSMASTON, 

 I. F. S. 

 5th September 1903. 



No. II— OCCURRENCE OF THE COTTON TEAL IN GUZERAT. 



With reference to the Note in the last number of the Journal regarding the 

 absence of records of the occurrence of the Cotton Teal in Guzerat, it may be 

 of interest to record that I have shot this bird on two occasions near Baroda in 

 December 1901, and again in February and March last, at Mahisa and Sathamba 

 in this Agency (Mahi Kantha). 



A. H. MOSSE. 

 Sadba, SOth August 1903. 



