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excessively shy, but its beautiful note once heard betrays it, 

 and, though it is not common, I met with more pairs than 

 one. Moreover, two boys brought me eggs which, both from 

 their appearance and from their descriptions of tlie bird and 

 nest, were evidently of this species. 



Rhiphidura albifrontata. White-eyebrowed Fantail 

 Flycatcher. 



Though this is a common bird in the mango-topes near 

 Lucknow, its nest is hard to find, unless you are well 

 acquainted with its habits. As I had never got its eggs, I 

 determined to give up some time purposely to this object 

 and was successful in discovering the following nests : — 

 June 11. Three nests (nearly finished), two on mango- 

 trees, the third on a guava. 

 „ 17. Took 3 and 2 eggs respectively from the first 

 two nests ; the third had been broken down 

 by a storm. Found another nest with three 

 young ones. 

 „ 25. Two eggs from a nest high up on a mango-tree, 

 and found another nearly ready. 

 All the nests were most delicate little cups, firmly fixed 

 on to horizontal branches, the outside carefully covered over 

 with cobwebs. The eggs were a yellowish white witli a ring 

 of brown and yellow spots, and much resembled miniature 

 Shrikes' eggs. 



Anthus rufulus. Indian Pipit. 



I shot a male bird off three fresh eggs on March 31st. 

 The nest was a neat little cup, placed in the centre of a tuft 

 of patowal grass. The female laid a fourth egg next day in 

 the hollow left after taking the nest, a structure so loosely 

 put together that it fell to pieces almost immediately it was 

 taken. 



MiRAFRA erythroptera. Rcd-wingcd Bush-Lark. 



In 1896 I found a nest, which, after comparison with 

 Hume's notes, I came to the conclusion must belong to 

 M. cantillans. Since then I have shot and watched several of 

 these Bush-Larks, and they have all proved to be M. erythro- 



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