454: Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 
female in the same terms, so that some of the specimens 
alluded to as young birds may be adult females. 
176. TcHITREA VIRIDIS. 
Tchitrea viridis (P. L. S. Miill.); Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, 
p- 470. 
No. 744. 9 ad. Efulen, June 8, 1905. 
No. 1128. gad. Zima Country, Oct. 12, 1905. Testes 
rather large. 
No. 1364. g imm. River Ja, Jan. 25, 1906. 
No. 1429. 9 ad. . Feb. 17, 1906. 
No. 1448. ¢ ad. ~ Feb. 21, 1906. 
No. 1628. ¢ ad. a March 29, 1906. 
No. 1644. ¢ ad. April 1, 1906. 
[In my note on this bird (‘ Ibis, 1905, p. 95) I described 
its little ery, but did not then know its song, or rather 
supposed it to be made by another species, though it 1s 
one of the commonest of bird-sounds. This song, or rather 
unmusical attempt at a song, is a monotonous repetition of 
four notes in the same key, and is uttered with emphasis 
and persistence by the white-plumed male bird, in tie bushes 
behind the very houses of the village, especially early in the 
morning. 
I have now found nests of Tchitrea viridis with eggs, or, 
rather, with one egg in each. I think, at least}in many 
cases, that only one is laid. It is pinkish white with brown 
speckles, from 18 to 20 mm. long and 14 mm. wide. That. 
the male is in the habit of helping in the incubation has 
now been further proved by getting a male specimen in 
breeding-plumage, shot on the nest.—G. L. B.] 
177. TcHITREA TRICOLOR. 
Tchitrea tricolor (¥ras.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 630. 
No. 788. Gad. Efulen, June 15, 19035. 
No. 880. @imm. ,, July 11,1905. Eggs forming. 
Norsole | Gad: » duly 12, 1905; 
No; 1054: “Quad: 5) Aug 1551905:- 
No. 1094. gad. Zima Country, Oct. 9, 1905. Testes 
very large. 
