490 On the Birds of Lucknow. 



half of May and the first half of June — Reid says from the 

 15th of June to the 10th of July. The nest is a strong neat 

 cup of roots and grass, firmly fixed in the fork of a tree and 

 covered over and bound to the branch with plenty of cobwebs. 

 The eggSj three or four in number, are of three types : 

 (a) salmon, spotted with brown, red, and purple ; [b) white, 

 spotted with various shades of red ; (c) pure white. 



Spotted eggs. 



Average of 41 Luclmow eggs "OO" x "72" 



,, 4. n i j l"-00x -78" (broadest). 



Measurement of largest egg { ,, ^ „^„ •, 



^° h" 00 X -72" (longest). 



,, smallest e":si -91 " X '(U" 



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IVItite eggs. 



Average of 13 Lucknow eggs •97" X*72" 



T.r , /., , I l"-02x '70" (broadest). 



JMeasurement oi largest ^^X'-^ { 



° '-'^ (l"-OGx -72" (longest). 



„ smallest Q^'y -88'' x GS" 



No. 330. DiCRURUs c^kulescens, White-heliied Drongo. 



This bird is not uncommon during the cold weather in 

 well-wooded places, but is never numerous. Its voice is 

 infinitely sweeter than that of the Common King-Crow. I 

 have never seen this bird consorting with cattle — in fact, 

 I have only observed it in mango-topes, so far as I can 

 remember. I believe that it migrates towards the end of 

 March, as I have never seen it in the hot weather or during 

 the rains. 



No. 335. Chibia HOTTENTOTTA. Huir-crested DroYigo. 



I know nothing of tliis bird^s occurrence here. 



Mr. George Reid wrote i — *' The Hair-crested Drongo can 

 only, I think, be considered as a rare visitor during the rains. 

 It is then occasionally brought into the market, bnt I have 

 only once seen it in its wild state frequenting the outer trees 

 of a mango-tope near Lucknow. It seems strange that it 

 should be found here at all during the rains, and not in the 

 cold weather.'' 



[To be continued.] 



