566 Count T. Salvadoii on a 



oiilv way to find the nest of tliis species is by "watching- the 

 parents, no easy matter. Major Cock apparently found this 

 bird breeding at Sitapur, 60 miles north of Luckiiow. 



This single egg which I have taken is pure white, giossless, 

 and measures '55" x •41". 



No. 921. PiPRisoMA sQUALiDUM. Tliick-biUecl Flower- 

 pecker. 



Bull-Tit [Martiniere boys]. 



A common and permanent resident. It is to be seen 

 wherever there are trees, singly or in small parties, hunting 

 for food amongst the leaves. The nest is a most lovely little 

 purse, suspended from a horizontal twig. It is a felted 

 mass of fibres, cotton-down, &c., and is so covered Avith red 

 scales of vegetable matter that it has a pink appearance. 

 The whole fabric is so beautifully woven that it can be 

 crumpled up in the hand without injury. The entrance is 

 at the side, or rather the end. I have found it on many trees 

 — sheslmm, cotton, mango, neem, babool, &c., but the first- 

 named is, I think, the favourite. The eggs, two or three, 

 white or pinky w^hite, spotted and blotched with red and 

 claret, are laid from February to May, the majority being- 

 obtained during tlie month of March. 



Average of 7 Lucknow eggs -62" x '44" 



Measurement of largest e^^ '64 " x -45" 



„ smallest %^g -00" x "43" 



[To be coutiuiied.] 



XXXIV. — On a New Kingfisher of the Genus Corythornis. 

 By T. Salvadori, F.M.Z.S. 



(Plate XIII.) 



The Alcedinine genus Coiythornis is restricted to theEthiopian 

 Region, and has representatives in every part of it. While 

 Corythornis cristata is confined to Madagascar and the 

 Comoro Islands, it appears that C. cyanostignia extends 

 over the whole of the region from the Cape to Senegambia 

 on the west, and to Abyssinia on the east, and also reaches 



