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abnormal, and that the eggs will agree with those of other 

 members of the genus Siphia. With this comment, I repro- 

 duce Mr. Osmaston's note : — 



" The first nest to be described is that of the Orange 

 Gorgetted Flycatcher (Siphia strophiata). On May 23rd 

 I noticed a bird fly into a hole, about 8 feet from the ground, 

 in a dead yew branch, in which I found, on examination, a 

 nest containing two freshly hatched young birds and one 

 addled egg. 



" I watched the parent birds for some time with binoculars. 

 They were very wary and would not again visit the nest; 

 however, I saw sufficient to satisfy myself as to their identity. 



" On the following day I found a second nest of the 

 same species in a rift in a Karshu oak, about five feet from 

 the ground. It contained three much-incubated eggs, 

 exactly similar to the egg found on the previous day. The 

 nest was rather a loose structure, cup-shaped, composed of 

 moss and maiden-hair rachis, lined with the latter chiefly 

 but also with a few feathers and some papery substance 

 resembling birch bark. I shot one of the parent birds (the 

 male) for identification. 



"The eggs were pure white elongated ovals and fairly 

 glossy. The average of their measurements gave : — 



" Length -76 in. 



Breadth -53 „ 



" These nests were both found at an elevation of about 

 9000 feet/' 



112. Cyornis cyaneus. 

 Oates, F. B. Ind. ii. p. 13. 



We have twice had the nest and eggs of this bird brought 

 to us by Nagas living on the eastern borderland of Assam. 



A single egg in my own collection is an enlarged facsimile 

 of many eggs of C. tickelli and C. mbeculoides. 



The ground-colour is pale yellow-grey stone and the 

 markings consist of innumerable tiny freckles of rather 

 blight reddish brown scattered all over the surface, but most 



