318 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on the 



_4-9. Plegadis guarauna (Arg. Orn. ii. p. 109), 



This Ibis breeds here in immense colonies during 

 November in our rush-covered lagunas. Here must have 

 been thousands of nests, which were constructed of dry 

 weeds_, raised above the water some eighteen inches. They 

 are well-made structures and are close to each other, as in a 

 gullery, each nest containing three eggs of an uniform 

 intense blue. 



-f- 10. Dafila bahamensis (Arg. Orn. ii. p. 135). 



Of this Duck I have found nests under tall grass similar 

 to those of D. spinicauda ; but the eggs differ in being more 

 glossy and slightly smaller. 



11. Columba picazuro (Arg. Orn. ii. p. 139). 

 ^ . No. 201. Very common throughout the winter, as is 

 also C maculosa. 



XXXI. — Notes on the Nidification of some Indian Birds not 

 mentioned in Hume's 'Nests and Eggs.' — Part III. By 

 E. C. Stuart Baker, F.Z.S. 



[Continued from ' The Ibis,' 1895, p. 236.] 



34. DicRURUs ANNECTENs. (Oa^fi^, Fauua of British India, 

 Birds, i. p. 312.) 



All tlie nests of the Dicruridse appear to be very much like 

 one another, and the nest of this, the Crow-billed Drongo, is 

 not, to any appreciable extent, different from those of D. ater 

 and its allies ; but, taking a large series of nests into con- 

 sideration, that of D. annedens will be fovmd to be somewhat 

 smaller and neater than that of any of its near, st relations, 

 and at the same time it is even more fragile. The structures 

 are of the usual cup-shape, measuring somewhat under 3^" in 

 external diameter by about an inch in depth, and the external 

 measurements vary considerably, according to the site and 

 position of the nest, being sometimes as much as 5" across, 

 at others barely 4". Fine pliant twigs, coarse grasses, and 

 similar articles form the staple part of the materials used, 

 these being very thoroughly intertwined and much bound 



