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669.— Garrulus leucotis, Hume. 



Like Mr. Davison I have found this very handsome Jay 

 affecting only the dry Dillenia and Pine forests so common in 

 the Thonngyeen valley. I have seen it feeding on the ground 

 in such places with Gecinus nigrigenys, Upupa longirostris, 

 and other birds. I shot one specimen, a female, in April, near 

 the Meplay river, that must have had a nest somewhere, which 

 however I failed to find, for she had a full formed but shell-less 

 egg inside her, 



671 bis.— Urocissa magnirostris, Blyth. 



This species I have only found common in the Thoungyeen 

 valley. Elsewhere it seemed to me scarce. Below I give a 

 note about its breeding. 



I have found three nests of this handsome Magpie — two on 

 the bank of the Meplay choung on the 14th April 1879 and 

 5th March 1880, respectively, and one near Meeawuddy on the 

 Thoungyeen river on the 19th March 1880. 



The first contained three, the second four, and the third two 

 eggs. 



These are all of the same type, dead white with pale claret 

 coloured dashes, and spots rather washed out looking, and 

 lying chiefly at the large end. One egg has the spots thicker 

 at the small end. They are moderately broad ovals and vary 

 from 1-19" to 1-35" in length, and from 0-93" to 0-8" in 

 breadth. 



The nests were all alike, thick solid structures of twigs and 

 branches, lined with finer twigs ; about 8 or 9 inches in 

 diameter, and placed invariably at the top of tall straight 

 saplings of Teak, Pynkado (Xylia dolabriformis) , and other trees 

 at a height of about 15 feet from the ground. 



673.— Cissa chinensis, Bodd. 



This bird is very common in the Thoungyeen valley from 

 the head-waters of the river to its mouth. For an account of 

 its nidification, see S. F., Vol. V., p. 85. 



674.— Dendrocitta rufa, Lath. 



Like the former species this is very common, but it affects 

 open jungle and cultivation clearings more than C. chinensis 

 does. It is worthy of remark that I have two specimens, 

 shot at Kaukarit on the Houndraw river on the 3rd May and 

 11th August, respectively, that entirely want the dirty white 

 tippings to all but the two longest tail feathers, such as all 

 other birds of this species which I have shot have ; moreover, 

 they are of a slightly darker shade above. They cannot how- 



