354 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on the 



measures little over au inch in diameter, is nearly always, 

 also, on the under side of the branch. 



I think three is the number of eggs most often laid ; I 

 liave not taken more than this number, and have seldom 

 seen four young birds accompanying their parents after they 

 were first fledged. I have only notes on five eggs — two 

 clutches; of these, three of one clutch are all very broad 

 ovals, obtuse, and not much compressed towards the smaller 

 end, the texture fragile and, for a Woodpecker^s egg, not 

 much glossed. These three measure 0""74x0""60, 0"'73x 

 0"'o9, and 0"'72 x 0"o8. The other two eggs are even more 

 blunt, but not such broad ovals; they measure 0" 76 x0""58 

 and 0"-75 x G"-56. 



62. Pyrrhopicus pyrrhotis, {Blanfo7'd, op. cit. iii. 

 p. 50.) 



This handsome Woodpecker is very common in many of 

 the lower valleys formed by the big streams, but I have been 

 very unfortunate in obtaining its eggs. My first nest-hole 

 was found in a stump standing in mixed jungle of all kinds ; 

 the stump was a comparatively round one, and the tunnel, 

 with the chamber at the end, had all been bored in wood 

 which was quite hard; yet, in spite of this, the entrance to 

 the chamber must have been nearly 2 feet long, and it was 

 about 2"' 75 'broad at the lower end and about 2""25 at the 

 entranv^e. It was about 7 feet from the ground, but, being 

 on a sloping bank, could be reached from above. This nest 

 was found on the 12th June, 1893, and in the same month, on 

 the 23rd, I found another close by. It was in the same kind 

 of stump, only more rotten, and situated in the same jungle. 



The first nest contained a single egg, a very long, pointed 

 oval, measuring l"'17xO"*80, intensely glossy, and with a 

 very fine close grain. The second nest contained four eggs, 

 which are equally hard and close-grained, though a trifle 

 less glossy. The shape, however, is very different, as they 

 are much broader ovals, and also less pointed. They measure 

 l"-13x0"-88, l"-12x0"-87, 1"-11 x0"-90, and l"-10x0"-82. 

 Both nests were taken at elevations below 500 feet. 



