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The two nests that I took myself were placed on bent dwarf 

 bamboos, to which they were fastened, and Avere also made 

 fast to two or three upright bamboos. They were from 2 to 3 

 feet from the ground. The dimensions of one, taken in the 

 high forest on Mount David, are : — total length 6i inches ; 

 width 4| inches ; depth from entrance to outer back wall 

 3| inches; depth of egg-cavity about If inch; inner diameter 

 2 inches; aperture (oblong) 1^ inch high by about 2 inches 

 wide. The other nest, taken from the jungle by the roadside 

 above Kuatun, measures : — total length about 5j inches ; 

 depth from entrance to back wall 3^ inches; it is widest 

 at the top, with a cone-shaped base ; depth of egg-cavity 

 about 1^ inch; inner height about 3 inches; inner diameter 

 2 inches ; aperture 1 inch by 2 inches. 



None of the three clutches which I have now by me 

 resemble one another. In one, four of the eggs are perfectly 

 ovate in shape, the fifth being nearly oval. These eggs are 

 white, thinly but distinctly speckled with pale brown on a 

 few underlying violet specks, the markings chiefly concen- 

 trated round the large end of the egg, where they form a 

 more or less distinct ring. These eggs measure 68x0'50, 

 0-67 X 0-51, 0-67 x 050 (two), and 0-66 x 0'51 inch. Another 

 clutch of five eggs has only a very few pale brown marks, 

 two of the eggs being almost white. Two others have 

 a more or less well-marked cap, while the fifth has but a 

 few faint marks round the large end, these forming a faint 

 cap or crown. Four of these eggs incline to a blunt oval, 

 the fifth is an exact ovate. They measure 65 x 050, 0-G5 x 

 0-49, 0-63 X 0-50 (two), and 0-63x0'49 inch. The three 

 eggs of the third clutch have a well-defined small cap or 

 very broad ring of van dyke-brown, and violet specks over 

 fainter grey underlying specks, with a very few marks over 

 the rest of the eggs. They are ovate, with a very blunt and 

 rounded apex. They measure 0-66 x 0*50, 0-62 x 50, and 

 0-61 X 0-49 inch. 



20. SuYA CRiNiGERA Hodgson. 



This bird is common on the grasslands above Kuatun. 



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