OF SOME BURMESE BIRDS. 151 



The eggs vary from 1 to 1*04 in length, and from 085 to 

 0-9 in breadth.— A. O. H.] 



25.— Geocichla citrina, Lath. (355.) 



May 22nd. — Nest in a shrub in a ravine near Pegu, about 

 four feet from the ground, made of roots and strips of soft 

 bark, the ends of some of the latter hanging down a foot or 

 more. The interior lined with moss and feru roots. Interior and 

 exterior diameters 4 and 5 inches respectively. Inside depth 

 about 2, and bottom of nest about 1 inch thick. Contained 

 3 eggs quite fresh, measuring 1"04, I/O, and 1*06 by "75, 76 and 

 79, respectively. A fourth egg found on the ground near the 

 nest was 1"03 by '78. 



Another nest with 3 eggs was found on the 10th June. (N. & 

 E., p. 229.) 



26.— Pyctorhis sinensis, Gm. (385.) 



Breeds abundantly throughout Pegu during June. The eggs 



1 have were taken towards the end of the month. (N. & E., 

 p. 237.) 



27.— Trichastoma Abbotti, Blyth. (387.) 



May 22nd. — Nest with two eggs nearly hatched, and on 23rd 

 of same month another with two eggs, one of which was fresh 

 and the other incubated. This bird frequents thick under- 

 growth, and the nest is built at a height of about two feet from 

 the ground. I have found very many of their nests, but, with 

 the above exceptions, the young had flown. It is generally 

 attached to a stout weed or two and consists of two portions. 

 First a platform of dead leaves about 6 inches diameter and one 

 deep, placed loosely, and on this the nest proper is placed. 

 This consists of a small cup, the interior diameter of which is 



2 inches, and depth 1£. It is formed entirely of fine black fern 

 roots well woven together aud is not incorporated with the plat- 

 form on which it lies. Stout weeds appear favourite sites, but 

 I have found old nests in dwarf palm trees at the junction of the 

 frond with the trunk, aud in one instance I found an old nest on 

 the grouud, undoubtedly belonging to this bird. Out of four 

 eggs three measured - 84 by '66, # 82 by '67 aud *87 by '65. They 

 are very glossy and smooth. The ground color is a pale pink- 

 ish white. At the cap there are a few spots and short lines of 

 of iuky purple sunk into the shell and over the whole egg, 

 very sparingly distributed, there are spots and irregular fine 

 scrawls of reddish brown. A few of the marks are neither spots 

 nor scrawls, but somethiug like knots. The cap is suffused with 

 a darker tinge of pink than are the other parts of the shell. 



