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and amongst which a lot of jungle was already springing up, 

 when, just as I passed a low bush about 3 feet high, out flew 

 a Black-crested Yellow Bulbul ; of course the bush contained 

 a nest, a remarkably neat cup-shaped affair, below and outside 

 of fine twigs, then a layer of roots, above which was a lining 

 of the stems of the flowers of the " theckay" grass. It 

 contained three eggs on the point of hatching, out of which 

 I was only able to save one. It is one of the loveliest eggs 

 I have seen ; in color I can liken it only to a peculiar pink 

 granite that is so common at home in Ireland. Its ground 

 color I should say was white, but it is so thickly spotted with 

 pink and claret that it is hard to describe. It measured 085 X 

 061 inches. 



457 Us.— Brachypodius melanocephalus, Gm. 



This Bulbul I have found locally distributed ; in the 

 Thoungyeen valley it is anything but common. I only once 

 saw a few near Meeawuddy. At Kaukarit and Maulmain it 

 abounds during June and July, but I have not noticed it during 

 the cold and hot weathers, 



460.— Otocompsa emeria, Lin. 



Common, though rather sparsely — a pair here, three or four 

 there — distributed all over the country. In the Thoungjeen 

 1 have not found it so abundaut as in the plains. 



462 bis.— Molpastes nigropileus, Blyth. 



Common as this Bulbul is throughout the plains from 

 Maulmain to Kaukarit, it is strange that it never, as far as 

 I know, straggles over into the Thoungyeen valley, where its 

 place is taken by the next species. 



462 ter.— Molpastes atricapillus, Vieill. 



Excessively abundant iu the Thoungyeen valley from the 

 sources of that river to its mouth ; but I have found it 

 nowhere else. 



463 bis.— Phyllornis chlorocephalus, Wald. 

 465.— Phyllornis aurifrons, Tem. 



Both these species I have found abundantly distributed in 

 the richly wooded parts of the Thoungyeen valley as elsewhere 

 in the province. 



468.— Iora tiphia, Lin. 



This species is common throughout the country. As a rule 

 its nest is well hid, but one I saw iu the compound of a house 



