MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 993 



The pluck of these little hawks in defence of their nest is wonderful, as, they 

 swoop down on the maiauder and once tnestiuck my '• topee ", as I was 

 watching the ni'in at the nest, both male and female taking part in the attack ; 

 but they also have patience, ns this pair returned to their first nest and hatched 

 out their brood on the 14th June. 



Three weeks to a month n.ay therefore be taken as the length of time wild 

 birds take to produce another sitting of efgs if the first sitting is taken and 

 the following notes on the nesting of ihe Nightjar (Cuprimvlgus atulananicwi) 

 appear to substantiate Ihis. Two tre?h eggs laid on tl e ground as uf-ual, 

 taken on the 4th February I'.Ki?, and from a spot not a yard away, two more 

 fresh eggs taken on the 25th P'ebruary 1907. 



Eggs from another pair were taken on the 6th March 1907, and again from 

 a spot about two yards away, two more eggs slightly incubated on the 30th 

 March I'.'O;. 



In 19()8 I obtained two more clutches from the above first pair of birds on 

 practically the sanio spot at an interval of abjut thiee weeks, but neither of 

 thes9 pair ever made an attempt at a third brood. I never visited the place this 

 year, and I hope both pairs have raised their young in peace. 



P. F. WICKHAM. 

 Port Blair, Andam.-vn Is. 

 Augud li)G9. 



No. XIX.— NOTE ON INGLIS'S BUS 1 1 QUAIL {AIJCROPERlJlX 



INGLISI GRANT). 



To prevent any misunderstanding and to give honour where honour is due, I 

 must state that the above biid was fiist obtained by my frienel Mr. A. M. 

 Primrose, unless the old skin in the British Museum is the same species. He 

 sent me a pair of skins and then he and I together collected a series during a 

 visit I paid him ; an account of the shooting of the same was published in the 

 Journal, at page 3 of this Volume. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 



Baghownie Factory, Laheria Serai p.o., 

 •I'ird August 19 J9. 



No. XX.-NESTING OF THE IBIS BILL {IBiDORHYNCDUS 



SlRUTHEhlSl). 



{With a Plate.) 



In 19^6 I obtaiaed one nest of this bird at Gyantse and a note regarding it 

 appeared in the Journal. This year I found several nests but with oi.e excep- 

 tion they were just hatching and I was unable to take the eggs. The accom- 

 panying photographs show the bird sitting on the uest and the nest with the 

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