Birds of Sonthera Cct'iurooii. 5 i;5 



He also bioiiglit the nest, a mere eushioii oE dry leaf-petioles, 

 said to have been found at the bottom of the hollow in the 

 tree, and three eggs. These eggs contained large embryos, 

 and only one could be saved ; it is No. 595, fig. 7 on the 

 Plate. All three eggs were measured, and found to be 30, 

 29"5, and 29 mm. long respectively, and to haveecjual width, 

 21 5 mm. Thus they were much smaller than the eggs de- 

 scribed before (' Ibis/ 1909, p. 38), but otherwise resembled 

 them. Fig. 11 in the Plate is taken from No. 1 10, collected 

 previously. 



Malimbis mtens. [Nga'a-uiinkan.] (Plate IX. fig. 1 I-, 



egg.) 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 352 ; Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 39. 



In my previous notes I described nests of this species 

 found in the Efulen district on overhanging branches of 

 trees over the streams. In the Ja River district small sti-eams 

 are usually bordered by swampy ground tliickly covered with 

 the Raphia palm, and nests of MaUinbus nltens are Ibund 

 hanging to the tips of its fronds. Here the material is not 

 rootlets and the like, but shreds torn from the palm-leaves. 



One such nest contained two nestlings nearly fledged, 

 Nos. 4238 and 4239. These have red on the crops as in the 

 adult, and one has also a few red feathers on the crown, 

 though the adult has no red on that part. A still younger 

 nestling, No. 3706, is almost entirely black, but shews a 

 little dull red colour on the chest. 



Another nest, in which the sitting female was caught, 

 contained i\\ o eggs (Nos. 639 and 640). These are like those 

 briefly described in a former note (Ibis, 1908, p. 352) ; 

 both measure 24 x 16 mm. 



[The eggs are of a long oval- form and almost devoid of 

 gloss. They have a yellowish stone grounil-colour, with 

 minute dots and spots, and large blotches of vandyke-l)r()w n 

 and greyish-lilac. — O.-G.]. 



Mali.mbus coronatus. [Nga'a-minkan] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 352; Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 41. 



Nos. 3007, 3575, 3938,3953, 4040, 4205, 1242. All c^ adult. 



