1864.]  LIEUT. R. C. BEAVAN ON INDIAN BIRDS’ EGGS. 375 
species, received in 1851. After a few days they agreed perfectly 
together ; so that hopes were entertained that they would prove to 
be a pair, and that the eggs laid next season by the old female would 
prove to be fertile. 
5. A fine living specimen of the rare Parrot of the Feejees (Pyrrhu- 
lopsis splendens, referred to, anted, p. 158), which had been pur- 
chased from a dealer on the 27th of June last. 
The Secretary laid before the Society a series of specimens of birds’ 
eggs, collected in the vicinity of Barrackpore, and presented to the 
Society by Lieut. R. C. Beavan, of the Bengal Revenue Survey De- 
partment. The following is Lieut. Beavan’s list of the species, with 
his notes on their nesting-habits. The nomenclature is that used in 
Dr. Jerdon’s recently published work on the ‘ Birds of India,’ where 
a description of the eggs will be found. 
1. Arnene RADIATA, Tickell; Jerdon, Birds of India, i. p. 143. 
Two eggs from a hole in a tree. Maubhoon, April 1864. 
2. CypsELus AFFINnis, Gray; Jerdon, Birds of India, i. p. 177. 
Eggs from a nest under the roof of an out-house. Barrackpore, 
May. 
3. CAPRIMULGUS ALBONOTATUS, Tickell ; Jerdon, /.¢. i. p. 194. 
Two eggs laid on the bare ground. Maubhoon, April. 
4, CapRImULGUs astATicus, Lath.; Jerdon, J. c. i. p. 197. 
Two eggs placed similarly to the last. Maubhoon, April. 
5, CAPRIMULGUS MONTICOLUS, Franklin; Jerdon, /. c. i. p. 198. 
Two eggs found on the bare ground. Maubhoon, March. 
6. Merops viripis, Linn.; Jerdon, /. c. i. p. 205. 
One egg taken from a female bird. Maubhoon, April. 
7. ARACHNECHTHRA ASTATICA, Lath.; Jerdon, /. ¢.i. p. 370. 
The nest of this species is domed like that of the European Wren 
(Troglodytes vulgaris). It is hung from the bough of a tree, to 
which it is attached by cobweb, the nest itself being chiefly com- 
posed of the same material. The bird is very common. Maubhoon, 
April 15th. 
8. Dicrurus macrocercus, Vieill. ; Jerdon, J. c. i. p. 427. 
The nest is made of loose twigs placed in a tree. Barrackpore, 
May. 
9. Matacocercus TERRICOLOR, Hodg.; Jerdon, J. ¢. ii. p. 59. 
Builds in bushes. The nest resembles the English Blackbird’s, 
Maubhoon, April. 
