353 Notes on a GoUecUon of Eggs made at Munee. 



ly scattered about the larger end;, the length is '8 by "55 j 5^000 

 feet up. 



No. 280.— Dicrurns longicaudatus. 



Breeds in May^ in almost inaccessible places^ about 7,000 feet 

 up, choosing a thin fork at the outermost end of a bough about fifty 

 or sixty feet from the ground and always on trees that have no lower 

 branches. The nest is almost invisible from below, as it is very 

 neatly built on the top of the fork ; and when the female sits on 

 it, she places her tail down the bough so as entirely to hide her- 

 self. The eggs are only to be obtained either by climbing higher 

 up the tree than the nest is and extracting the eggs by means 

 of a small muslin bag at the end of a long stick, or else by lash- 

 ing the bough on which the nest is to an uj)per bough as the 

 climber goes along so as to make it strong enough to support 

 him. The nest is much neater than that of D. macrocercus ; the 

 eggs are light salmon coloured, with brick red blotches sparsely 

 scattered over them, and are "95 by "7. 



No. 288.— TcMtreaparadisea. 



Ten nests in May, June, and July. The female was in all 

 instances cJiesnut, with a white breast and short tail. This is 

 one of the commonest nests to be got about Murree. Average ele- 

 vation, 5,000 feet. 



No. 291.— Leucocerca fuscoventris. 



The nest of this species differs from that of L. aureola, being 

 the shape of an inverted cone, beautifully made, lined with the 

 finest grass, and covered with cobwebs, situated in a clump of thin 

 branches. Eggs like those of L. aureola, only smaller and 

 rounder. These nests are found in the lower ranges, at about 

 5,000 feet up. 



No. 292.— Leucocerca aureola. 



The nest of the fantail is very neatly made, shallow cup-shaped ; 

 carefully covered outside with cobwebs. It is built on a thin 

 branch about ten feet up a tree. The eggs much resemble dimi- 

 nutive shrike^s eggs. Breeds in June. 



No. 295.— Oryptolopha cinereocapilla. 



Several nests answering to Jerdon's description, like watch 

 pockets fastened up on the trees, 6 to 7,000 feet up. 



No. 301— Eumyias melanops. 



The verditer fly-catcher always builds under the small wooden 

 bridges that cross the hill paths. We found more than half a dozen 



