40 Mr. P. A. ^hepY)ard—Field-^^otes on 



fairly evenly spotted and marked in scratches with rich and 

 dull red-bi own. Size of egg : If" X If'^ 

 (Length of bird in flesh IG^'.) 



4. White-buowed Tinker Bird. Barhatula Ul'ineata 

 (Sund.). 



A nest was found on Dec. 1st, 1909. 



Quite by chance, when walking through the woods towards 

 my house one da}^ I noticed a vcr}^ small bird on a decayed 

 branch of a large tree, and, waiting for a few seconds, saw it 

 fly off with something in its bill to a bough a few yards 

 awav, on reaching which it dropped its burden. This con- 

 tinued for some time, when I discovered that the bird was 

 carrying away bits of decayed wood from a hole it was 

 excavating for nesting purposes, and, furthermore, I identified 

 the bird as the above species. As the tree in which this 

 nest was made stands on the side of a path used daily, I kept 

 observations as far as possible, but always found it difficult 

 to catch the bird at work, in fact I only saw it on two 

 occasions after the first discovery. 



On Dec. 11th I shot a male of this species about 80-100 

 yards distant from this tree which possibly may have be- 

 longed to this nest. The following day I examined the nest 

 and found the female inside. She flew cut after a time and 

 settled on a bough only a few yards off ^ and was exceedingly 

 bold and angry, keeping up a continual chatter. 



The nest contained two eggs, both of which were broken 

 on extracting them from the nest, and only one could be 

 preserved. The bough containing the nest-hole I kept, and 

 the measurements are as follows : — 



Entrance 1" X \" ; chamber 4'' x 2'', which was quite clean 

 and bare. 



C!olour of eggs : pure white, slightly shiny. 



Size of egg (1) \l" x i'', slightly pointed. 



.5. White-eared Bahbet. Buccaiwdon leucotis (Sund.). 



A nest was found on Dec. f)th, 1909. 



After procuring a male, which was on an old decayed tree 



