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



■with spiders' webs, the inside lined with the dark brown 

 down stripped from the young fern-fronds. A favourite site 

 is a neglected native clearing some distance from the forest. 



26. LoxiA LUzoNiENsis Grant. Philippine Crossbill. 



In the end of December, 1893, Mr. Whitehead noticed a 

 pair of these Crossbills with nesting materials in their bills. 

 In the following January, while in the highlands of Benguet, 

 he found a nest containing three eggs and situated at the 

 end of a pine-branch. The slender branch overhung a steep 

 slope, and it was found impossible to secure the eggs. Again, 

 on Mount Data, towards the end of January 1895, after 

 much trouble, a second nest was discovered near the top of a 

 high pine-tree. This nest contained four young birds, two 

 of which flew away before they could be secured. 



27. Calornispanayensis (Scop.). Panay Glossy Starling. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



A. Clutch of 3 eggs. Province of Isabella, North-east Luzon, 



28th April, 1894. J. Whitehead. 

 Shape sharp ovate. Ground-colour beautiful sea-green, 

 blotched and spotted towards the larger end with pale reddish 

 lilac under-markings and sienna over-markings. Measure- 

 ments 27 mm. x 19 mm. 



B. Clutch of 2 eggs. Province of Isabella, North-east Luzon, 



28th April, 1894. J. Whitehead. 



As above, but in one egg the markings are much fewer, 

 and in the second they are reduced to small dots and specks, 

 which are scattered over the greater part of the shell, though 

 most numerous towards the larger end. Measurements 

 25 mm. X 20 mm. 



A colony of these Starlings was found nesting in a dove- 

 cot along with numbers of domestic Pigeons. The nests 

 contained eggs and young of all ages. Three appeared to be 

 the maximum number of eggs laid by one bird. 



28. Alauda gulgula Frankl. Chinese Skylark. 



A. Clutch of 3 eggs. Province of Isabella, North-east Luzon ^ 

 25th May, 1894. J. Whitehead. 

 Shape ovate. Ground-colour very pale greenish white, 



