620 Mr. G. L. Bates un the 



with one or more leaves for a roof^ in the manner already 

 described. Its Ijuildiiig materials are so light, consisting 

 largely of fine white down, that they scarcely bend down 

 the leaves to which the nest is attached. 



Seven clutches of eggs, brought in the nests with the 

 sitting birds, consisted of two each, excepting one of three. 

 They vary in length from 16 to 18 mm., and iu width from 

 11 to 12 mm. 



[Eleven eggs vary in shape from an ordinary oval to a 

 rather long narrow oval form, and are somewhat glossy. 

 The ground-colour is pale bright greenish-blue, either plain 

 or sparingly marked all over tlie shell v.'ith small spots and 

 dots of pale reddish-brown and lilac. 



Two eggs are pure white. 



Most of these eggs differ considerably from one taken 

 by Mr. F. J. Jackson in British East Africa, and figured 

 in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, xix. pi. xix. 

 fig. 10 (1910), the ground of Avhich is white with larger 

 markings of yellowish-brown and pale grey. — \V. II. O.-G.] 



Camauoptera chloronota. 



Sharpc, Ibis, 1908, p. 3.22. 



Nos. 3230. S ad. Assobam. 3110, 3933, 4090. All 

 J ad. Bitye. These specimens have the thioat greyish- 

 white, and vaiying amounts of greenish colour on the chest 

 and of white on the abdomen. AYing 53 to 58 mm. ; tail 

 28 to 35 mm. 



Nos. 3845, 4346. Both ? ad. Bitye. Throat greyish, 

 white ; chest tinged with greenish. Wing 50 and 53, tail 

 27 and 25 mm. 



No. 4478. Sex? Bitye. Wing 52, tail 20 mm. (Pro- 

 bably ? .) 



No. 3323. S immature. Assobam. Throat and chest 

 pale brownish-yellow. Wing 55, tail 34 mm. 



Nos. 3324. Assobam; 3608. Bitye. Both ? imm. Throat 

 brownish-white. AVii:g50 mm. in both ; tail 27 and 20 mm. 



Difference of age explains the variations of colour in 

 the throat and chest ; difference of sex n)ay exjjlaiu the 

 shorter or longer wings and tails, except iu two or three of 



