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number, only one of which reached me in safety. This one is a 
very broad oval, almost exactly the same size as the one figured 
by Mr. Bree. The ground is a dead white, devoid of gloss and 
pretty thickly blotched and streaked throughout with reddish 
brown. The egg reminds one much of some of the richer co- 
loured eggs of Milvus Govinda, but the markings are smaller, 
and the shell when held up against the light is a very pale sea- 
green, much lighter than in any of the numerous specimens of 
M. Govinda that I have yet examined. It measures 2°13 by 
Lee: 
Mr. Howard Saunders, in the Ibis for April, 1869, gives us 
some further particulars of the nidification of this species in 
Spain. He says, ‘“ The Coto del Rey, which we first entered, is 
principally covered with serub and small timber, mingled with 
clumps of large size, generally in a ring with a marshy clearing 
STIG COMUEOS LMI IR. Elaice e's Walaa e+ HI a MSU I cautiously 
crept round to the front, and stood out to give myself as fair a 
shot as possible. Off went the bird, and down came a very old 
female Booted Hagle (Aguila pennata,) just as I expected. The 
nest was lined with green boughs, and contained two eggs, very 
hard set. This was on the Ist of May.” 
No. 32. Neopus Malaiensis, Reiyw. 
Tue Buack Kitrr Bacue. 
This is another species, in regard to whose nidification we 
are profoundly ignorant. ‘The structure of this bird is very 
peculiar, and its eggs would materially aid in elucidating its 
true affinities. 
I have seen it in the Himalayas as far west as Simlah, and 
have shot it, not far from, but several thousand feet below, Nynee 
Tal. Itis doubtful whether it breeds westwards of Nepal. 
Mr. R. Thompson, writing from Kumaon, says: “They appear 
to come into the lower spurs of the Himalayas about the mid- 
dle of September, and to stay with us till about April, when 
they disappear; where they go to, I can’t say, but they are 
not to be found during the summer either on the frontier, or 
in the interior of the Himalayas here, as far as I am aware.” 
Tam by no means sure that Mr. Thompson is right; I believe 
I have seen it in Kumaon in June, and I certainly saw one 
near Simlah in the middle of July ; it is to be hoped that orni- 
thologists in the Himalayas will watch this bird a little more 
closely. 
