348 Mr. ^Y. Jesse— Brrch-'-iiestini/ 



^'Egithina TiPHiA. Common lora. 



This species is much more often heard than seen, and is, 

 consequent]}', frequently overlooked. Its nest is extremely 

 difficult to find, and the only one that I have so far dis- 

 covered was in a small fork of a mango-tree on June I7th. 

 We had been watching the birds for some time^ being 

 attracted by their note, when suddenly the hen bird came 

 down and deliberately sat on the eggs within about 10 feet 

 of us. The nest was a deep cup, something like that of 

 Rhipidura albifrontata, but not quite so neat. It contained 

 two eggs of a delicate pinkish wliite, marked with long 

 brown and violet-grey streaks and blotches. I left the birds 

 alone in the hope of getting more eggs ; but, although I 

 often saw them afterwards, they did not apparently breed 

 again. 



Graucalus macei. Large Cuckoo-Shrike. 



Though two years ago I found this bird's nest, I had 

 never got the eggs. The bird itself is almost common, but 

 the nest is one of the most difficult to find, being most care- 

 fully concealed, and the owners exceedingly shy. However, 

 on June 12th, while walking along one of the principal roads 

 in Lucknow, a Cuckoo-Shrike flew off a nest in the fork of a 

 sheshum-tree, containing two fresh eggs. They were a 

 most handsome pair, very glossy, of a rich olive, thickly 

 marked and blotched with various shades of brown. A 

 similar egg, said to belong to this species, was brought me 

 on March 21st. 



Campophaga sykesi. Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike. 



I can find no previous record of this bird having been 

 observed in Lucknow, and was therefore much interested in 

 finding on June 10th a nest and two fresh eggs and shooting 

 one of the parents. The nest was a very shallow pad, like 

 that of Graucalus macei, so shallow that the eggs were un- 

 fortunately shaken out in climbing the tree and broken ; but 

 a third, previously taken from the same nest, was given me. 

 This egg, and the fragments of the two othei's, were of a 

 rich deep green thickly blotched with brown. The bird is 



