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elongated and twisted spots of reddish brown. The measurements 

 are 1.03 by 0.72, 1.00 by 0.71, and 0.99 by 0.75. 



The nest is composed of several leaves held in place by threads 

 of a black hairlike fungus ; cobweb and green moss are also present 

 in small quantities ; the lining consists of a quantity of long slender 

 fibers; the cavity is 1.5 inches deep and 3 inches in diameter; the 

 outside depth is 3.5 inches. 



An incomplete set of two fresh eggs was taken April 9. These 

 are colored very differently from the set of three ; the ground color 

 is light reddish brown, produced by very fine spots of that color: 

 both the lavender under shell markings and the rich reddish brown 

 spots are few and blotchy, the latter usually with a blackish brown 

 center from which the lighter color seems to have been smeared out 

 over the shell. The measurements are 1.06 by 0.75 and 0.98 

 by 0.73. 



Pycnonotus goiavier (Scop.). 



Several nests of this bulbul were observed ; they were all situated 

 in small bimches of "ta-la-hib," or saw-grass, growing in the dry 

 bed of the river. 



Geocichla cinerea Bourns and Worcester. (PL XV.) 



Geocichla cinerea Bourns and Worcester, Occ. Papers ^Minnesota Acad., 

 I, No. 1, p. 23, 1894. 



Three skins collected in the heavy forest at Balete are in all 

 probability of this species. In the original description no mention 

 is made of the white spot on the inner web of the two outer pairs 

 of tail feathers. I also find in our specimens a much greater length 

 of tarsus than is assigned to the type (0.98 inch). In one male 

 specimen the under tail coverts are strongly washed with buff. Bill 

 black, base of lower mandible whitish, logs and nails white; irides 

 very dark brown. 



Measurements of Geocichla cinerea. 



Petrophila manilla (Bodd.) . 



Thi> tliriish lias a peculiar hahit of Hitting about just at du>k 

 this sometimes leads to its being killed bv mistake. 



