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143. Pellorneum minus. — Sharpe's Spotted Babbler. 

 Not uncommon in the ravines on Popa hill. I have not come across it any- 

 where else. The breeding season appears to be May and June I found three 

 nests, in two of which were eggs. The third was empty. I was struck by 

 the very unsafe position of the nests at this season. They were built of 

 bamboo leaves and lined with fibres and fine grass. Two were in the bed of 

 a ravine and would most certainly have been washed away by the first spate. 

 The bird sat tight but went away very cunningly when moved. 



176. Mixomis rubricapillus. — The Yellow-breasted Babbler. 

 Occurs on Popa. Two nests found by me there in May 1901 contained three 

 eggs each and were built in dry thickets on the banks of dried-up torrents 

 and close to the ground. I have once taken a nest in a bamboo clump some 

 three feet from the ground. 



188. Myiophoneus eugenii. — The Burmese Whistling-Thrush. 

 This very handsome bird may be met with very rarely on Popa but nowhere 

 else in the district. 



230. Zosterops siamensis.' — The Siamese White-eye. 

 The busy little parties of this bird are common on Popa. I have not found 

 it breeding. 



243. JEgitliina tijjhia. — The Common Iora. 

 Common. A nest full of fledglings found on the 22nd June and eggs taken 

 July, August and September. 



247. Chloropsis aurifrons. — The Gold-fronted Chloropsis. 

 Fairly common on Popa mountain up to from 3 to 4,000 feet. I was not 

 successful in finding the nest. The point of the tongue of this bird is dis- 

 integrated and like a brush as Oates quotes Gadow to have noticed in Zoste- 

 rops. I watched a party of these birds one evening feeding like shrikes or 

 bee-eaters. They shot out from their perches on the tops of the trees, seized 

 the insect and returned, 



279. Molpastes burmanicus. — The Burmese Red-vented Bulbul. 

 Local name " Bopin-ni-ta. " 



A very common bird. Breeds from May to September. My series of eggs 

 measure on an average 85" x '65". 



288. Otocompsa emeria. — The Bengal Red-whiskered Bulbul. 

 I have seen this bird in the district, but only in the tangled thickets near the 

 river. It is decidedly uncommon, but breeds here, as I came across a young 

 family in May 1902. 



290. Otocompsa flaviventris. — The Black-crested Yellow Bulbul. 

 A fairly common bird on Popa but not in the plains. I found two nests with 

 eggs in April. Two eggs in each case. 



306. Pycnonotus blanfordi. — Blanford's Bulbul. 

 Local name " Bo-sa-mwe". 



The most common bulbul of the Myingyan plains. 1 have not seen it above 

 the lower slopes of Popa. Eggs from March to September. The nest is more 



