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feathers in it. Pieces of bark are suspended from the nest by 

 obwebs, occasionally extending a foot down. 



21.— Upupa longirostris, Jerdon. (25A bis.) 



April 14th. — Young ones in a hole of a large forest tree 

 about 15 feet from the ground. 



22.— Buchanga intermedia, Bl. (280 A) 



I found one nest on the 27th April on a small sapling near 

 the summit j it contained four eggs. They are without gloss. 

 The ground color in all is white. In three eggs the whole 

 shell is marked with spots of pale purple. These are perhaps 

 more numerous at the thick end, but not conspicuously so. The 

 fourth egg is blotched, not spotted, with the same colour. 



The nest is composed of fine twigs and the dry branches of 

 weeds. It is lined very firmly and neatly with grass. Exte- 

 rior diameter 5 inches and depth 2. Egg chamber, 3£ across 

 and 1£ deep. The outside of the nest is profusely covered with 

 lichens and cobwebs. The eggs measure from *95 to *83 in 

 length, and *71 to '68 in width. 



23.— Hypothymys azurea, Bodd. (290.) 



May 28th. — Nest with three eggs slightly incubated. (N. & E., 

 p. 198.) 



24.— Pitta moluccensis, Mull. (345 Us.) 



June 11th. — Nest placed on the ground in thick forest on a 

 hill side in a small patch of thatch grass, but in no way con- 

 cealed from view. Oven shaped, about 10 long, 8 broad, and 

 and 6 high, with a 3-inch circular hole at one end ; side of nest 

 everywhere rather more than one inch thick, composed of 

 large dead leaves and roots all matted together with earth. On 

 the exterior there are some large sticks and twigs. Eggs five, 

 (female sitting very closely, although the eggs were fresh,) hio-h- 

 ly glossy, white, beautifully marbled with marks of inky 

 purple and lines or scrawls, with a few dots of reddish pur- 

 ple. The whole shell is very thickly covered with these marks, 

 more so at the thick end than elsewhere. Size 1*15, 1*12, 1*08, 

 110, 1-10, by -88, -87, -88, '88, '87, respectively. 



On the same day three other nests were found presumably of 

 this species. From the remains of egg-shells near one, it was evi- 

 dent that the young had flown. The other two appeared to be 

 new ; one was placed on the side of a nullah on the root of a tree 

 and the other on a tree trunk where the tree separated into 

 three branches about two feet from the "-round. 



