OF SOME BURMESE BIRDS. 169 



Which of the two birds is found in Pegu must remain in doubt 

 till I can shoot a specimen. 



As to the nest, it was placed on the branch of a tree about 

 15 feet from the ground on the banks of a creek. It was a 

 small shapeless mass of sticks and contained two eggs so near 

 hatching that I could preserve only one. It measures 2 55 by 

 1*8 ; it is smooth, without gloss and of a pale blue, much 

 stained by the bird's feet. The nest was found on the 13th 

 February. (N. & E., p. 633.) 



89.— Dendrocygna arcuata, Cuv. (952.) 



I have found nests from the 6th July to the 29th August, 

 twice with 6 and once with 7 eggs. The nest is apparently 

 always placed on thick matted cane brakes in paddy fields or 

 on the ground in thick grass. I have never seen any indications 

 of nests on trees. In all the three nests I have found the above 

 number of eggs was the full complement, for the female in each 

 instance, on dissection, contained no mature eggs. (N. & E. 

 p. 639.) 



90.— Seena aurantia, Gray. (985.) 



See "Nests and Eggs," p. 650. 



91.— Sterna javanica, Horsf. (987.) 



See "Nests and Eggs," p. 652. 



92.— Pelecanus philippensis, Gm. (1004.) 



On the 15th October a female of this species I shot contained 

 a fully formed egg,^ and on the 26th by firing a volley into a 

 flock we killed eight birds, two of which yielded perfectly 

 formed eggs, ready to be laid. These three eggs measure 3-03, 

 3-18, and 295 in length, by 2 '05 in breadth. They are pure 

 white and glossless. 



Mr. Olive, Superintendent of Police, has visited a large pele- 

 canry at a place called Sein Kwa about 20 miles due west of 

 Shwaygheen. I have not been able to visit the place, as in 

 November you can go there neither by boat nor on horseback. 

 They build, he told me, near the top of gigantic wood-oil trees 

 with adjutants. (N. & E., p. 650.) 



93.— Graculus carbo, L. (1005.) 



This bird breeds in vast numbers in the Myitkyo swamp, 

 placing its nest in low, apparently dead trees, which rear their 

 heads 15 or 20 feet above the water. I found it impossible to 

 approach the trees quite closely myself, so I sent a Burman 

 who brought me a basketful of eggs iu a few minutes. From 



