AND SPECIALLY THOSE OF THE THOUNGYEEN VALLEY. 161 



egg, pure white, coarse grained and glossless ; resting on some 

 decayed chips of wood. It measured 1*25" by O'DS." 



153.— Loriculus vernalis, Sparrm. 



This bird is very common in the Thoungyeen valley. 



On the 24th February 1880, a nest hole of this pretty little 

 Lorikeet was pointed out to me by a Karen, in the branch of 

 a large silk cotton tree {Bomb ax) on the bank of the Meplay 

 choung below Gatai village. It was on the side of the branch 

 at a height of about 40 feet from the ground, so that it was 

 with a good deal of difficulty I managed to get the three eggs 

 it contained down by the help of a rope ladder I had con- 

 structed, which, however, did not work well. 



The hole was about 1^" in diameter, and about 6" to 7" 

 deep, going in obliquely inwards towards the base of the 

 branch. It was unlined, except for a few fragments of chipped 

 wood. The eggs were dull dead white, glossless and roundish ; 

 they measure respectively 0-68" by 0-59", 0'69" by 0-60", 0'68" 

 by 0-61". 



163 Us.— Yungipicus canicapillus, Blyth. 



Wherever dry forests occur on either side of the Dawna hills, 

 this little Woodpecker is sure to be found ; sometimes singly, 

 oftener in pairs. 



165 Us.— Hemicercus canente, Less. 



Not very plentiful in the Thoungyeen jungles, but I have 

 seen this bird from the head- waters of the stream nearly to 

 its mouth. 



On the 11th March 1880, I cut out a nest hole of the above 

 species, out of the dead and decaying trunk of a large teak 

 tree, at a height of about twelve feet from the ground, on 

 the bank of the Meplay choung. I had watched the bird for 

 two days previously going in and out. 



The entrance to the nest was a little more than an inch in 

 diameter, the tunnel, passing rather obliquely downwards for 

 about 18 inches, ended in a large hollow, the bottom of which 

 was strewed with broken bits of decayed wood on which 

 reposed two, dull white, bluntish eggs. These measure respec- 

 tively 0.87* by 0-65", and 0-90" by : 70". I managed to catch 

 the female on the nest. 



165 ^watf.— Miglyptes jugularis, Blyth. 



Though not common it still occurs here and there in tho ever- 

 green forests of the Thoungyeen. 



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