122 ON BIBDS OBTAINED IN THE ISLAXD OF XEGROS. [1872. 



Sqcataeola UELVETicA (Liuu.) : S. N. i. p. 250. no. 12. 



" ? , iris brown ; bill black, legs green ; stomach, shrimps and sea-worms. March." 



Ch.\radrius fulvus, Gm. S. N. i. 687. no. 18. 



" 2 , iris brown; bill black, feet green; stomach, shrimps and sea-worms. March." 



In winter plumage, showing no trace of a change to the breeding-dress. 



The following notes relate to the eggs in Mr. Layard's collection. 



RuiPiDURA xiGKiTOKQUis, Vigors "? 



The nest and eggs of a Fly-catcher are sent, which is described as being " brown above, 

 with a white throat and breast with a darker collar between. A white bar extends across the end 

 of a broad tail, which it flirts about, constantly opening and shutting it. Two weeks ago [writing 

 Ibis, 1872, pt.jji-uary 20th], whilst swimming in the river, I caught sight of its nest in a prickly bamboo- 

 clump. It was built in a fork almost over the water, and is exactly like that of Tchitrea cristata, 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. If I had not found that at the Cape, I should never have remarked 

 this. Last Sunday there were two eggs in it exactly like a Fiscal s {Lanius coUaris), only 

 smaller of course. I cut out and brought home nest and eggs." 



The nest sent home is a very beautiful structure, composed of fine fibres, roots, and hairs, 

 most artistically constructed on a lateral bamboo shoot, at the junction of two other smaller 

 branchlets. It is very closely woven, and so densely covered on the outside with cobwebs as to 

 be almost impervious to light. It has no lining, and is perfectly round and cup-shaped inside, 

 having a diameter of 2f inches, mth a depth of 1^ inch; thickness of walls I inch. The base 

 is prolonged into a funnel-shaped cone, the pipe being composed of coarse bents of dry grass 

 loosely hanging together. Its resemblance to the nests fabricated by all the Tcldtreoe is 



apparent. 



The e»<TS are of a pale creamy-grey colour, marked (in the form of a ring) at the obtuse end 

 with close-set, often coalescing, small, faint purplish and brown spots ; some of these are faintly 



p. lOG. 



visible over the rest of the shell. Axis 9'", diam. G 



i'" 



2 • 



MUNIA JAGORI, Cab. I 



"Eggs of a little Amadavat, with red body and black head." These are probably the eggs 

 of the little Munia jayori, which accords with this description. They are pure white. Axis 

 7'", diam. 5'". 



CORTDALLA MALAY AXA (Eyton) ? 



"Two sets of Larks' eggs." These are unaccompanied by any description; they may be 

 those of C. mahii/nna, or of an undescribcd species. They evidently belong to the same bird, 

 though two are somewhat darker than the other three. They are of a pale-grey ground, profusely 

 speckled (chiefly at the obtuse end, and in some in the form of a ring) with minute brown and 

 purplish specks. Axis 10'", diam. 8'". 



