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been recorded in my previous papers, there is no need to 

 go into further details. Among tliem are the Shikra {Astur 

 badius); Striated Bush-Babbler {Argya caudata) ; Indian 

 White-eye {Zosterops palpebrosa) ; Tailor-bird [Orthotomus 

 suiorius) ; Rufous Fantail-Warbler {Cisticola cursitans); 

 Black-headed Myna [Ttmenuchus jjagodarum); Brown Rock- 

 Chat {Cercomela fusca) ; and the Indian Pied Kingfisher 

 [Ceryle varia). Of certain other species, of which I had 

 previously only a single egg or so, I managed to obtain one 

 or more good clutches, as Pallas's Fishing-Eagle [Haliaetus 

 leucoryphus) ; the Magpie-Robin [Copsychus saularis) ; the 

 Thick-billed Flowerpecker {Piprisoma agile) ; the Yellow- 

 wattled Plover {Sarciophorus bilobus) ; and the Wire-tailed 

 Swallow {Hirundo smithii). 



I also discovered a breeding-place of the Whiskered Tern 

 [Hydrochelidon hybridd) ; but, as I was prevented by fever 

 from going out on the day I intended to take the eggs, I must 

 leave the description of the colony for some future time. 



All the eggs enumerated in this paper were taken in 

 Oudh — nearly all within 10 miles of the city of Lucknow ; 

 but besides this I spent a few days at Fatehgarh, on the 

 Ganges — where that river forms the boundary between the 

 North-west Provinces and Oudh — in order that I might pro- 

 cure eggs of the Terns and Plovers. An account of this 

 trip has already appeared in ' The Ibis ' (above, p. 4) . 



Of course I cannot lay claim to have found out much that 

 was previously unknown : a limited area of an already well- 

 worked district does not leave much scope ; still I think 

 there are a few facts of interest which have not been pre- 

 viously recorded. In the first place, I have taken with my 

 own hands authentic eggs of the Brahminy Kite {Haliastur 

 indus), a bird which usually keeps to the moister districts 

 of Bengal and the Terai, and of the Black-headed Cuckoo- 

 Shrike [Campophaga sykesi), which species I do not think 

 has been previously recorded from these parts. I have also 

 found that the Yellow-wattled Plover [Sarciophorus bilobus) 

 breeds later in the year than is commonly supposed, having 

 taken eggs this year on June 3rd and July 17th. 



