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A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE BHAMO DISTRICT, 



UPPER BURMA. 



BY 



Major H. H. Hauington (02nd Punjabis), 



Paut II. 

 ( Continued from page 128 of this Vohivie.) 



S.VXUOI.IX^. 



14:2. (G08) Pratincola cai'RATA, (Linn,).— (The Common Pied Bush- 



Chat.) 

 Found in the plains round Bhanio. 



143. (610) Pratincola maura, (Pall.)— (The Indian Bush-Chat.) 

 Breeds up at Sinhuu in the bracken round the Military Police Post, en the 



more or less open hill-top. 



I was unsuccessful in finding any of their nests. When I first got up there, 

 there were no bu-ds about, but within a few days of the end of April, they 

 had appeared, and when I came down, all evidently had nests, by their excited 

 behaviour. 



144, (l314) Oreicola jerdoxi, Blyth.— (Jerdon's Bush-Chat.) 



Breeds in the long grass below the polo-groiind at Bhamo during April and 

 May, and its nest is one of the most difficult to find, 



'" 145. (615) Oreicola ferrea, (Hodgs.) — (The Dark-grey Bush-Chat.) 

 I found two nests with eggs in April at Sinlum. One, found about 6 p.m. 

 on the 18th April, had four fresh egga, the nest being placed on the top of a 

 road-cutting about seven feet from the ground. On the 21st I was passing 

 the same spot with a friend, and showed him where I had taken the eggs of 

 S. melanops from a hole a few feet below that of the nest in question, and then 

 putting my hand into the latter nest, I was astonished to find a cuckoo's (V) 

 egg, the egg being a pale blue with a few spots and very much of the .s:ime 

 colour as the eggs of 0, fema taken on the 18th, but paler. The 

 Cuckoo probably laid this egg the morning after I had robbed the nest, as no 

 doubt it had found the nest the day before and marked it down for the follow- 

 ing morning, when it would have its egg ready. 



RUTICILLIXyE, 



146. (632) Hf-MCURUS scihstaceus, Hodgs.— (The Slatey-backed Foik- 



tail.) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 



I saw Forktails on two ur three occasions, but as I was hoping to find 

 their nests, did not shoot any. 



147. (638) CiiiMAUEUORMS leucocepiialus, (Vig.).— (The White-capped 



Redstart.) 



