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which are abnormally large, and which were brought to mc 

 by a Naga with one of the parent birds, the remaining 12 

 average only 0"'91 x 0"'635. They vary in length between 

 0"-86 and I"-], and in breadth between 0"-62 and 0"'69. 

 This bird makes its nest in trees on theontskirts of forest or 

 in small thickets in nullahs surrounded by grass-land, never, 

 so far as I know, inside heavy forest. 



35. Chloropsis hardwickii. {Oates, op. cit. i. p. 236.) 

 There is hardly anything to say about the nidification of 

 this species which I have not already said of C. aurifrons. 

 T have seen very few nests, and of these it can only be 

 remarked that two were deeper than any I have seen of that 

 bird, one measuring over 1""8 and the other 2"'05. It builds 

 in the same sort of position also, but selects higher trees, 

 and I have not taken any nest below 25 feet, and one or two 

 from very much more lofty sites, whereas C aurifrons seems 

 to prefer a height of some 12 to 20 feet. I do not remember 

 seeing any nest of this Chloropsis which contained, amongst 

 the materials of which it was composed, any green moss. 

 Both birds breed during much the same period. 



The few eggs I have seen of this handsome Chloropsis 

 could not possibly be distinguished from those of C. auri- 

 fi'ons, and differ from those of C.jerdoni only in their much 

 greater size, averaging, as they do, 0"'91 x 0"'61. I have 

 one egg among these seven wdiich is exceptionally large, 

 measuring 1"05 x 0"*7, and it is worthy of note that I should 

 have found abnormally large eggs both of C. aurifrons and 

 C hardwickii, the more especially as I have seen but very 

 small series of both. 



26. Melanochlora sultanea. {Oates, op. cit. i. p. 241.) 

 I have taken only one nest of this handsome bird, and, as 

 I was out after big game at the time, I could not shoot 

 either of the parent birds, though I saw them very distinctly, 

 and have no doubts about my identification of them having 

 been correct. It will be seen that both nest and eggs show 

 very strong affinities to those of the Tits, and probably 

 the position in which this genus Mas originally placed (i. e., in 



