328 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on the 



altitude. I have not noticed the bird elsewhere during the 

 breeding- season. 



41. ACANTHOPNEUSTE VIRIDANA. {OatCS, Op. cit. i. 



p. 414.) 



In July, 1891, I took a nest of the Greenish Willow- 

 Warbler very near where that of the last-mentioned nest 

 was found. I was crossing over the Hengmai Peak, and 

 had very nearly reached the summit, when I seated myself 

 on a pile of loose stems to rest for a little while. The road 

 running over this mountain is very stony, and the tanks at 

 the sides are little more than masses of stones of various 

 sizes, with many hollows and crevices in between them. 

 While I was seated I noticed a small bird fly out of one of 

 these holes, and, on looking into it, I found a large globular 

 nest, loosely made with moss and a few dead leaves, and 

 lined with a mass of soft white goat's-hair. Seating myself 

 again behind the heap of stones, I waited until one of the 

 birds should return, and presently the male did so and was 

 shot, after which I inspected the nest more closely. It was 

 placed well inside the hollow, and was made, to a great 

 extent, to fit into it, so that it was very massive and also 

 irregular in shape. Roughly speaking, it was about 8 inches 

 in height by about 5^ in breadth. When pulled out it lost 

 coherence, except about half an inch thick of the inner part, 

 the mass here having been well matted together. No leaves 

 had been used except for the outside. 



There were three fresh eggs, very difi'erent in shape, tex- 

 ture, and appearance from any that I have seen of the genus 

 Phylloscoims. They were pure white, with very fragile shells, 

 the texture soft and porous, although with a fine grain, and 

 there is not the slightest gloss. In shape they are decidedly 

 broad ovals, measuring 0"o8x0"-41, 0"-58xO"-41, and 

 0"-57x0"-42. 



This is rather a common little bird in the cold weather, 

 but I have only seen it twice during the breeding-season — ■ 

 once as above described, and once in 1895, in early April, 

 when I saw a pair on the Ninglo Peak. They were flying 



