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covering immense distances in a day. The only times I have evei 

 seen what I presume to be them has been just before dusk when return- 

 ing from shooting, when I have occasionally seen a party skim rapidly 

 along a jungle stream and then disappear. 



EDIBLE NEST SWIFTLETS. 



Found, I believe, on some of the islands on the Mergui coast. 



CRESTED SWIFTS. 



Found in many parts of the Province inhabiting fairly open tree 

 jungle. It builds a minute nest of about one-and-a-half inches in dia- 

 meter attached to the sides of a large bough; and lays a single white 



THE NIGHT JARS. 



Night-Jars are generally to b^ seen flitting about at dusk or may be 

 put up during the day when out shooting. They all have loud 

 monotonous calls which they indulge in throughout the night during 

 the hot weather. The commonest, the Indian Night-Jar (No. 1091. 

 Caprimulgusasiaticus), makes a noise very like a stone thrown along 

 the ice. Five species have been recorded from Burma. They all 

 are brown birds with handsome markings in different shades of the 

 same colour. The Great-Eared Night Jar (No. 1096. Lyncornis 

 cerviniceps) may occasionally be seen in favourable localities hawk- 

 ing about at a good height from the ground just after sunset. It is 

 the largest of the family, being about 16 inches in length. Its general 

 colour is a rich brown, beautifully marked with buff and black. Night- 

 Jars lay two eggs on the bare ground without any vestige of a nest, 

 the eggs being boldly marked in different shades of stone colour, and 

 very hard to find owing to their resemblance to the ground. 



Burmese name — Mye-wot. 



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THE TROGONS. 



The Trogons are a small family consisting of four species found 

 in India, of which three have been recorded from Burma. They differ 

 from the majority of birds in having their first two toes pointing 

 backwards, and have a very gaudy plumage. They are only found in 

 thick forests living on insects which they catch on the wing. 



THE RED HEADED TROGON 



Is fairly plentiful in well-wooded localities, and may often be seen 

 when one is after big game. They like shady spots, taking up a 

 position on a dead branch, watching for passing insects, chiefly 

 beetles, to capture which they seem to tumble off their perch in a 



