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patches on the back aud neck on Jan. 1^ 1898. It was 

 feeding by the edge of the Goorati in company with several 

 examples of 31. borealis. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Blanf.). Eastern Calandra 

 Lark. 



A boy friend, J. Green, brought me one of these Larks 

 which he had purchased from a bird-catcher. The man said 

 that he had caught it on one of the wide open maidans, or 

 plains, close to Lncknow. The bird became very tame and 

 used to sing extremely well. Eventually it was killed and 

 eaten by a snake, which got into its cage during the night. 



DiCiEUM ERYTHRORHYNCHUM (Humc). Tickcll's Flowcr- 

 pecker. 



This bird has been entirely overlooked in Lucknow, and 

 its discovery is due to the Martiniere boys. For years I had 

 been told of the " White Honey-sucker/^ a bird which they 

 said made a nest very much like that of the Purple Sun- 

 bird, but which laid ivhite eggs. For a long time I did not 

 believe them, but on March 13, 1900, two boys, J. Green 

 and L. Jackson, told me that they had found a nest with 

 one egg. I went with them and saw it, a tiny grass 

 ball lined with hair, with a hole in the side, suspended 

 beneath some mango-leaves. Though I waited for some 

 time, I had at length to go without seeing the bird, but I 

 have no doubt as to the authenticity of the specimens, 

 which I took. On March 10 of this year. Green showed me 

 another nest just ready for eggs in a bel-tree, about 5 feet 

 from the ground. It was most cleverly hidden. Unluckily, 

 the two birds, which were watching us, deserted it, and all I 

 got was the empty fabric. As I write I have been disturbed 

 by a little bird fluttering about the verandah, and through 

 my glasses I can see distinctly that it is a specimen of 

 Dicawn enjihrorhynclmm. The nest is most difficult to find, 

 and. would more often escape notice but for the characteristic 

 shrill note of the owner, which is easily recognised. The 

 late Major Cock, apparently, found, the bird and eggs at 



