234 Messrs. W. R. Ogilvie Grant and J. Whitehead on the 



Nightjars. I have taken their eggs among the sea-drift just 

 above high- water mark both in Borneo and the Philippines. 

 The various Sun-birds or Neetariniidae suspend their bag- 

 shaped nests on single trees in open plains at no great 

 distance from the ground, or in and about the native villages. 

 ^^thopyga magnifica of Negros nests in true forest, but the 

 nests of this genus mimic so closely the hanging masses of 

 dead leaves and other debris that they are most difficult to find. 

 Everett's Spider-hunter {Arachnothera everetti) of Borneo 

 stitches a neat cradle to the underside of some large leaf, 

 generally one of the forest bananas, in open localities. The 

 Tailor-birds [Orthotomus) often nest close to the ground near 

 some frequented pathway; and I have found the elegant 

 cup-like nest of the Little Blue-headed Flycatcher [Rhipidura 

 cyaneiceps) on a dead bough which had fallen across a pathway 

 in a most exposed position. 



The bird-collector, however, seldom finds many nests, for 

 unfortunately his very occupation is contrary to success ; 

 birds, as a rule, being shot at sight, as the forests are so 

 thick and vast that the lengthened observation of a bird is 

 next to impossible. 



The two plates of eggs which illustrate this paper have been 

 executed by Messrs. Pawson and Brailsford, of Sheffield. 



1. CoRVUS PHiLiPPiNus (Bouap.). Philippine Crow. 



A. Clutch of 3 eggs. Marinduque, May 1888. J. B. Steere. 



Shape ovate. Ground-colour pale sea-greeu, thickly 

 mottled all over, especially towards the larger end, Mith 

 olive-brown; under- markings faint grey. Measurements 

 43 mm. X 28 mm. 



The nest is a loosely-constructed platform of fibre, mixed 

 with a few rootlets, &c. 



2. CoRvus PUSiLLUs Twccdd. Small Philippine Raven. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 5.) 



A. 1 egg taken from oviduct of female. Mindoro, June 

 1888, J. B. Steere. 

 Shape ovate, rather rounded towards the smaller end. 

 Ground-colour pale greenish white, finely spotted and dotted 



