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Mr. C. J. "W. Taylor, writing from Manzeerabad, Mysore, says : 

 ' Fairly common throughout the district. Eggs taken on the 15th 

 July, 1882." 



Mr. Khodes W. Morgan, writing from South India, remarks : " It 

 )uilds a neat pendent nest in long grass on the Nilgiris. The nest 

 s composed entirely of short pieces of grass fitted together, and is 

 rery compact. The eggs are three in number, and are of a blue 

 :oloiir, with large blotches aud hair-like streaks of a dark reddish 

 ?ro\vn at the upper end. An egg measured *69 inch by *5." 



The eggs of this species do not differ materiaUy in size, shape, 

 >r markings from those of P. inomata, which are very fully 

 [escribed above. 



468. Prinia blanfordi (Walden). The Burmese Wren-Warbler. 

 Drymceca blanfordi, Wald., Hume, Cat. no. 543 ter. 



Mr. Gates, who found this bird very common in Pegu, writes : 

 ' The Burmese Wren-Warbler is perhaps the commonest bird 

 >f the Pegu plains. From Mvitkyo on the Sittang, and possibly 

 roin further north, down to Eangoon, it is to be found in all the 

 ow tracts covered with grass. 



" AVhere it occurs it is a constant resident and breeds from May 

 o August. I have found the nest in the middle of May, but it is 

 lot till July that the bulk of the birds lay. 



" The nest is never more than 4 feet from the ground, and is 

 tttached either to two or more stalks of elephant-grass or to the 

 item of a low weed, or to the blades of certain tender grasses which 

 jrow in thick tufts. There is little or no attempt at concealment. 

 Che materials forming the nest are entirely fine grasses, of equal 

 :oarseness or fineness throughout, gathered green, and so beauti- 

 : ully woven together that it is almost impossible to destroy a nest 

 >y tearing it asunder, although it may be looked through. In 

 ihape it is somewhat of a cylinder, with a tendency to swell out 

 it the middle. Its length, or rather height (for its longer axis, 

 )eing invariably parallel to the stalks to which the nest is attached, 

 s generally upright), is from 6 to 8 inches, and its extreme width 4. 

 Che entrance is placed at the top of the nest, the sides of which are 

 )roduced an inch or two above the lower edge of the entrance. 

 Che thickness of the walls is very small, seldom reaching half, and 

 generally being only a quarter, of an inch. Occasionally the nest 

 s almost globular, but the back of the entrance is in every case 

 produced upwards some inches. There is no lining at all. 



" The eggs never exceed four, and frequently are only three, in 

 lumber, aud the female does not commence sitting till the full 

 lumber is laid. She deserts the nest on the slightest provocation ; 

 nid if a nest with only one or two eggs is found, and the fingers 

 nserted, it is useless to leave the eggs in hopes of getting more, 

 She will lay no more. I have tested this in at least ten cases." 



Major C. T. Binghuni tells us : " About Kaukarit, on the 

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