38 Messrs. La Touche and Eickett on the 



dry. The materials used are fine grass, moss, fibres, roots, 

 and pine-needles, plastered over on the outside with cobwebs, 

 to which are stuck lichens and a little moss. The lining is 

 of fine fibres or roots. 



The nests measure about 2f inches in external diameter, 

 2£ inches internal diameter, and 2% inches in depth. Owing 

 to their small size and to the covering of lichen they are 

 not easy to find, especially when placed, as they usually are, 

 high up in a tall tree. 



The eggs are usually four in number and more or less 

 ovate in shape. The ground-colour is bluish grey or pale 

 greenish stone-colour, more or less spotted, speckled, or 

 streaked with shades of brown, brownish red, pale earthy 

 yellow, and purple, over underlying markings of lavender- 

 grey. The markings are, as a rule, thicker at the larger 

 end, where they form an ill-defined cap or ring. 



Twenty-six eggs average *78 x "60 in. 



Campophaga melanoptera (Rupp.). 



Three eggs, taken on June 11th, measured *90x'70 in. 



Our collectors took a nest (also in June) which contained a 

 newly-hatched bird and an egg on the point of being hatched. 

 The latter measured '95 x *69 in. The nest was placed on a 

 fork at the end of a branch. It was a mere pad, composed of 

 pine-needles, fine leaf-stalks, and pale silvery-grey lichens, 

 bound together with cobwebs. In shape it was an irregular 

 oval, with a slight depression, less than half an inch in depth, 

 for the eggs. It was 3^ x 4^ inches in dimensions, with a 

 maximum thickness of 1^ inches. 



The eggs are ovate in shape, with a bluish-white ground, 

 thickly streaked and spotted longitudinally with brown and 

 grey. 



This species is a common summer-visitor to the plains 

 and low hills, but being shy and silent attracts little notice. 



Oriolus diffusus Sharpe. 



Like the last species, this is a common summer-visitor 

 to the plains. 



The nest is placed in tall bamboos, large pines, or other 



