STRAY FEATHERS. 



Vol. V.] AUGUST 1877. [Nos. 3 & 4. 



Uotcs on tlje PMtatton of some Surmese Iwbs. 



By Eugene W. Oates, C.E. 



I have long been in the habit of keeping notes of the nests 

 I have found in the course of my wauderings in Pegu, and the 

 present seems a fitting moment to present some of them to the 

 readers of " Stray Feathers/' inasmuch as Captain G. F. L. 

 Marshall has not included Burmah in his recent small work on 

 nesting of Indian birds. 



The present list contains information relative to the breeding 

 of 96 species. In those cases where full particulars as to the 

 breeding is contained in Mr. Hume's "Nests and Eggs," I have 

 merely recorded the dates on which nests were found, and have 

 given a reference to that work.* 



The jungles of Burmah are so vast, and my spare time so 

 limited, that I cannot hope to fiud the nests of many more 

 species than are here recorded. 



The numbers in brackets, following the name of the authority, 

 are those of Dr. Jerdou's work and of Mr. Hume's catalogue. 



* To each species that has been fairly satisfactorily dealt with in Nests and Eggs, 

 I have added a reference to this latter. 



In the case of all other species, of which. I have, since the publication of " Nests 

 and Eggs," received eggs and particulars as to nidification from other persons prior 

 to this paper of Mr. Oates', I have appended to his remarks the notes furnished 

 by these prior contributors. 



There still remain no less than 17 species as subnoted, of which this valuable paper 

 of Mr. Oates' conveys to me the first information in regard to their nidification, and I 

 have to thank him, not only for this, but also for specimens of the eggs of most of 

 these species, and several other rare ones. 



Coracias affinis. 

 Alccdo meningting. 

 l'alaBornis nipalensis. 

 Centropus intermedius. 

 Chalcoparia phamicotis. 

 Arachnecthra fiammaxillaris. 

 Buchanga intermedia. 

 Trichastorna Abbotti. 

 Garrulnx Belangeri. 



Ixos Blanfordi. 



Prinia Beavani. 



Corvus insolens. 



Crypsirhina varians. 



Estrelda burmanica. 



Munia subundulata (or ? M. super- 



striata.) 

 Crocopus viridifrona. 

 Graculus carbo. 



Ed S. F, 



