Nidification of Indian Birds. 89 



Capt. Harrington took a nest of this Crow-Tit at Taunygyi, 

 Shan States, at 5000 feet. The three eggs agree in description 

 with those taken by myself, but are very small, only *75" 

 by '64". 



73. Dryonastes chinensis. 



Blanford, F. B. Tnd. i. p. 61; Harrington, B. N. H. S. J. 

 xiv. p. 597. 

 Capt. Harrington has taken the nest of this bird in the 

 Shan States. He thus records the discovery: — "At Ganguoi 

 (5000 feet) on the 1st of May I found a nest of this bird 

 placed in a small tree about nine feet up. I was unable to 

 shoot the bird, as it sat for some time on the edge of the 

 nest just above my head and then got away. The nest was 

 exactly like that of the next species - " (D. sanniu) : "three 

 eggs, measuring T04" by '79", glossy white." 



74. Dryonastes nuchalis. 



Blanford, F. B. Ind. i. p. 63 ; Coltart, B. N. H. S. J. 

 xv. p. 609. 



Ogle's Laughing-Thrush is found in fair numbers along 

 the foot of the hills from Sadiya on the north of the Brahma- 

 putra to the Naga Hills on the south bank. How high up 

 it extends we do not know, but the Nagas say that it is not 

 a bird of high altitudes. It is nowhere common, and, though 

 for five years we have worked the district, Dr. Coltart and I 

 have not succeeded in obtaining a dozen nests, and most of 

 these have been brought in by Nagas living in villages at 

 from 2000 to 2500 feet elevation. It appears to be a far less 

 noisy and obtrusive bird than D. ruficollis and others of the 

 genus, to be an even greater skulker, and to go in smaller 

 parties. 



The nest is a rather bulky structure, measuring externally 

 from 6" to 7*5" in diameter by about 4V' in depth and inter- 

 nally about 4" by 3" in depth. Almost any material is used 

 for the body of the nest, such as bamboo-leaves, other dead 

 leaves, grass, small twigs, and bents, and all these are bound 

 together with tendrils, fern-roots, climbing plants, and pliant 



