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on April 22n(1, at Howlik on the 21st, and also up the 

 North River on May 1st, 1905, on migration. 



On May 22nd a nest of this bird Avas found at the 

 extremity of a horizontal bough of a pine-tree, twelve feet 

 from the ground. It consisted of a ring of lichen and strips 

 of fine bark matted together with cobwebs and a cup lined 

 with fine pine-needles ; it contained three fresh eggs, and the 

 bird flew down on to the ground and laid a fourth whilst 

 under observation. 



A second clutch of three eggs slightly incubated was 

 found on June 16th at the same place. 



On May 26th after heavy rain, winged termites began to fly 

 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. and continued to do so for some 

 days : each night these were hawked for in the dark by 

 Chihia hottentotta, Hirundo striolata, and the present species. 



This Drongo was not observed passing to the south on 

 its autumn migration, as was the case with several other 

 species. 



Four eggs vary in length from "95 to '89 and in breadth 

 from -70 to -64, and average '91 X '68. (See Plate V. fig. 12 

 of the April number.) 



Campophaga melanoptera. 



This Caterpillar-eater is a summer visitor, and, as a rule, 

 arrives late in April and leaves again about the middle of 

 August. On October 14th, 1906, a bird of this species was 

 observed for some hours at the Xaval Hospital, Hong 

 Kong; probably it had strayed from tlie rest of its kind on 

 migration. 



They breed on the West River, and commence to build 

 their nests early in May. These are very beautifully made 

 and are exceedingly small for the size of the bird ; they 

 are constructed of lichen matted together with cobwebs, 

 and sometimes, but not always, lined with fine grass ; they 

 are usually situated at the extremity of a slender horizontal 

 bough and are well concealed. 



This bird is double-brooded, second clutches being found 

 at the end of June and early in July. 



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