MISCELLAyKOUS NOTHS. im 



Oennaeut Imrnjlchli irilliamsi. — ViS, ubtaiiiod near Tiddini ; the i>ariiit bird 

 was unfortunatoly not obtained. I gave 3 eggs to Captain Blandy of the 

 Military Police who kiiidlj- inidortook to try and hatch thoiii out under a 

 hen. One hatched and lived for a week or two, enough to shr)w lie told me 

 white on the wing coverts which makes me think my nest might have been 

 Mr.s. Hunu-'s Pheasant. P. hnniii, but the e^gs are " Kalij|" and the lijider 

 told me. the bird had t. crest which the female of l\ /iintiii has not. 



Mount Victoria, part of Chhi Hill (Latitude 2P), 1917. 



Ashy Laughing-Thrush, lanihocinda ctncrarra -{79). '2, ■J')ih .April. 



Mt. Victoria iJabbler, I>a/>a.i n'ct<>n'<^'—{H\). C 2, 27th April. 



Skin kindly identified for me by the Societj' who have it in their 

 collection. 



Shan States Scimitar Babbler, ronuitovkiuus olivaceus tipponi i^t) — (118). 

 C/3. Fresh, 2oth April. 



I missed this bird oft' the nest, but obtained a species almost on the same 

 spot off the nest some years ago and identified it then. 



Mandelli's Tit-Babbler, Shccnipavux mandellii— (179). C/2 Fresh. -Tith 

 April. 



Blyths' Bulbul, Zant/ii.vu.< ^/farexcc/is — (287). C,3 Fresh. 2-2nd April, bird 

 shot. 



Finch-billed Bulbul, Sptzivus can > from— (292). C/2, 2()th April. This is 

 a late date for this bird, thej'^ mostly had young. 



Mt. Victoria tailed-AVren, Urocichla oaiesi — (35o 6). C 2 Fresh. Xest 

 brought to me by a Chin woman 28th April. 



Burmese Scarlet Miuivet, I'encroc<jtn< fraterculus — (491). Nest inaccessi- 

 ble, bird sitting 24th April. Just 12 years before I found a nest being 

 built almost, if not, in the same tree near an Inspection Bungalow, but 

 the Ghoorkha Durwan did not then get me the eggs. Same pair of birds i-" 



Eastern Slaty-blue Flycatcher, Cj/ornis leiccomekmurut cirveniventris — 

 (•")67a). C '3, 2oth April. Female kindly identified for me by the Society 

 who have the skin — the Eastern variety of Ci/omix leucnmelanuyus. 



Eastern Spotted Forktail, Hentcurus ffuttatui — (631). C'3. Parent bird 

 shot -, the nest was lined with the skeletons of leaves. 



In both years the nests and eggs of the following were common during 

 the month of April in these hills. 



Dark-grey Bush-chat, Oreic(jlaferrea — (61 o). 



Chestnut-bellied Pock-Thrush, Petruphila prythrofjastra — (690). 



Rufous-bellied Niltava, Niltava Kimdava — (-594). 



Verditer Flycatcher, Stoparola iiielanaps — (o79). 



Eastern Slatj'^-blue Flycatcher, C. I. cirveniventris — (•">67). The four 

 latter all in holes on the roadside cuttings. I also shot the following on 

 the Mt. Victoria side. 



Striated Green Bulbul, Alcurus striatus — (277). 



Slaty-bellied Short-wing, Tesia cyaniventris — (201). 



Chestnut-headed Short-wing, Oliffurn castaniacoronata — (202). 



Rangoon, Jan. 1918. P. F. AVICKHAM, P. W. D. 



No. XII.— CLOSE-BARRED SANDGROUSE AT MUSCAT. 



Owing to the disturbed state of the country we are unable to go beyond 

 our out-post line, so that there is only a very limited area to observe the 

 Close-barred Sandgrouse in. We came here in January 1916, and the birds 

 were here then, they were only in small numbers, and one very seldom 

 flushed more than six or eight birds at once. They were feeding on the 

 seeds of a shrub, which is, as far as I can recollect the same as what we 



