NOTES ON THE N1DIFICATION, &C. 41 



I got two nests in March, one with young birds on the 16th, and 

 one with two fresh eggs on the 17th. In my former note I 

 carelessly omitted to give the measurements of the eggs. In 

 length they vary from - 65 to *57, and in breadth from *48 to 

 •41 ; the average of ten eggs is "6 by '45. (S. F., V., p. 148.) 



21. — Upupa longirostris, Jerdon. (254 Us.) 



I succeeded in finding nests with eggs this year. One 

 nest, found on the 10th March, contained two eggs quite fresh, 

 and another found on the 7th April, three eggs, two of which 

 were slightly incubated and the other addled. The nests in 

 both instances were in natural hollows of large trees, and the 

 eggs were placed on the bare wood. In color they are pale, 

 spotless blue, and they measure on an average *91 by *67; two 

 are quite without gloss, but three others are glossy to a very 

 small extent. (S. F., V., p. 149.) 



30.— Timalia bengalensis, G. Aust. (396 bis.) 



Erroneously entered as pileata in my former list. This bird 

 would appear to have two broods a year, for I procured two 

 sittings, of three eggs each, this year in April, former nests hav- 

 ing been found in June and July. With many eggs before 

 me I find that the density of the markings varies considerably. 

 The size is very constant ; for the length of numei*ous eggs 

 varies only from *75 to '72, and the breadth from '6 to * 54. 

 (S.F., V., p. 152.) 



92.— Pelecanus philippensis, Gm. (1004.) 



The only eggs I had of this species were some extracted 

 from females shot in the Sittang River. Last November, 

 however, it was my good fortune to visit a pelecanry which } 

 for extent, is possibly not surpassed by any hitherto visited. 



On the 8th November 1877, I found myself at the pretty 

 town of Shwaygheeu, the head-quarters of the district of the 

 same name. It is situated on the left bank of the Sittang about 

 half way between Rangoon and Tounghoo. The country to the 

 east of the river is everywhere very hilly, and the Sittano- 

 appears to have worked itself as far to the east as it is possible 

 for it to get, for its further progress in that direction is pre- 

 vented by bold projecting hills of laterite. The country to 

 the west is, however, very different. It consists of an im- 

 mense plain of indefinite length, extending to the west- 

 ward to the foot of the Pegu Hills. Certain small tracts are 

 cultivated, but the greater part of the plain is covered with 

 elephant grass or forest, and intersected by numerous creeks 

 choked up with drift and running nowhere in particular. 



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