REGULOIDES VI Kl HI PKNNIS, Blyth. o'63 



correct for a considerable proportion of the specimens, do not 

 bold invariably good. In fact that, in most species, at any 

 rate, slight variations in the proportional length of the 2nd 

 and later primaries occur. 



Anyhow the distinctness from trochiloides of the form which 

 Mr. Seebohm has described under Blyth's name of viridipennis 

 is to me so far a matter of doubt that I should prefer to leave it 

 to him to assign to it, if necessary, a new name. All I feel con- 

 fident of is that his bird is not, and that the bird I have above 

 described is the true Mooleyit viridipennis. 



Naturally the consideration arises how could Blyth have 

 overlooked the white on the tail feathers. Doubtless it is 

 inconspicuous in some specimens on the penultimate feathers, 

 but it is invariably conspicuous on the outer ones. My belief 

 is that in Blyth's specimen, which was manifestly a poor one, 

 the entire upper mandible being wanting, the outer tail feathers 

 also were missing. One of our females, shot off the nest, has 

 lost both outer feathers on one side, aud nearly half the outer 

 one on the other. 



It was on the 2nd of February, just at the foot of the final 

 cone of Mooleyit, at an elevation of over 6,000 feet that Mr. 

 Davison came upon the nest of this species. He says : — 



el In a deep ravine close below the summit of Mooleyit I 

 found a nest of this Reguloides. It was placed in a mass of 

 creepers growing over the face of a rock about seven feet from 

 the ground. It was only partially screened, and I easily 

 detected it on the bird leaving it. I was very much astonished 

 at finding a nest of Reguloides in Burmah, so I determined to 

 make positively certain of the owner. I marked the place, and 

 after a short time returned very quietly. I got within a couple 

 of feet of the nest ; the bird sat still, and I watched her for 

 some time, the markings on the top of the head were very con- 

 spicuous. On my attempting to go closer the bird flew off, 

 and settled on a small branch a few feet off. I moved back a 

 short distance and shot her, using a very small charge. 



" The nest was a globular structure, with the roof slightly 

 projecting over the entrance. It was composed externally 

 chiefly of moss, intermingled with dried leaves and fibres, the 

 egg cavity was warmly and thickly lined with a felt of pappus. 



" The external diameter of the nest was about 4 inches ; the 

 egg cavity one inch at the entrance, and 2 inches deep. 



The nest contained 3 small pure white eggs." 



A. 0. H. 



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