488 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



from mankind. I have taken nests from April to August 

 on all kinds of trees. The usual number of eggs is three; 

 they are pinkish white, spotted and blotched with claret-colour. 

 On one occasion I took two hard-set eggs from a nest on a 

 rafter in a bungalow-verandah. 



Average of 10 Lucknow eggs 'Sr" X "64" 



Measurement of largest e^^ -05'' x "72" 



„ smallest e§^ •75"x -03" 



No. 288. Otocompsa emeria. Bengal Red-whiskered 

 Bulbul. 



Kangra Bulbul [H. LncknowJ. Conqueror Bulbul 

 [Anglo-Indian boys]. 



This Bulbul is very common in Lucknow itself, less so in 

 the district outside. It is particularly fond of such localities 

 as the Wingfield Park^ the Horticultural Gardens, and the 

 Clock Tower Gardens. I have taken its nest in all months 

 from the middle of March to the middle of July, but Mr. Reid 

 seems to have got the eggs only in May. It is a neat cup 

 of grass, fine twigs, bamboo-leaves, cotton, spider^s webs, 

 and similar materials, and is, in most cases, placed in a thick 

 bush or creeper. I have several times found it built in one 

 of the fern-baskets that swing in the cool damp houses of 

 the various public gardens. I have never met with more 

 than three eggs, which are white or pink, densely spotted and 

 blotched with red, claret, and purple. 



Average of 12 Lucknow ecgs •82" x •02" 



Measurement of largest egg 'SG" X "70" 



„ smallest egg -80" X •GO'' 



No. 321. SiTTA cASTANEivENTHis. Chestmit-lelHed Nut- 

 hatch. 



Brown Woodpecker [Anglo-Indian boys]. 



This pretty little bird, with its slaty-blue plumage above 

 and chestnut coloration below, is very common, a pair inhabit- 

 ing almost every mango-grove. It breeds in holes of trees 

 from the end of February to the beginning of April. For 

 a nest it usually utilizes a hole in a knot in the trunk of a 

 mango or pepul, but I have also found more than one in neem 



