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seen in the Madras market^ was obtained there in October, 

 1894, and that on the same day two specimens of the 

 'Lesser Coot-footed Stint ^ {Phalarojms hyperhoreus) were 

 also obtained. As regards the latter, Jerdon states that *a 

 single instance is on record of this bird in India. It was 

 obtained by Dr. Stewart at Madras. Possibly it may be 

 found to be more common when the Indian sea-coast has 

 been well examined.^ " 



-f- Occurrence of Bulweria columbina in China. — Mr. J. D. 



de La Touche has sent home a Bulwer's Petrel, which I 

 hoped might prove to be G. R. Gray^s Pacific species, B. mac- 

 gillivrayi, described (in ' Cat. Birds of Tropical Islands of 

 Pacific Ocean,' 1859, p. 56) as differing from B. columbina 

 in having a larger bill and no sooty brown on the wings. 

 Mr. LaTouche's specimen, however, agrees with B. columbina 

 in both these respects. It was obtained at Chapel Island, 

 Amoy, in 1894. — Henry H. Slater^. 



Nesting ofKaup's Flycatcher (Arses kaupi) . — The beautiful 

 nest of this pretty Flycatcher was found on December 3rd, 

 1894, by Mr. R. Hislop, Bloomfield River, Queensland. It 

 was situated at the end of two hanging creepers about 30 

 feet from the ground and contained two eggs. A similar nest 

 was found, and was likewise built on creepers, about 20 feet 

 high, but it contained two young birds. The nest has the 

 appearance of a hanging basket, cup-shaped, and is made of 

 fine twigs from a scrub-creeper, and lined at the bottom with 

 a few long hairlets. It is lightly bound together on the 

 outside with cobwebs, on which are fastened pieces of lichen; 

 it is slightly higher on each side, where it is bound on to 

 the creepers with cobweb. It measures ; — Internal diameter 

 1| X 2 inches, external 2\; internal depth 1 inch in centre, and 

 at the two sides If ; external If inch, and at sides 2^. The 

 eggs are nearly oval, very slightly tapering at the smaller 

 end ; they measure, A 2*04 X 1'46, B 2-09 X 1*47 centimetres. 

 They have a greyish cream-coloured ground, thickly sprinkled 



* \_Buliveria buhveri of 0. Salvin. — Edd.] 



