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Babbler {Argija nialc'olmi) and Rufous-bellied Babbler {Dimietia hyperythvu) 

 might both be expected, but I have not been able to find either myself. 



226. (8). ZosTEUops palpebrosa. Indian White-eye. 

 Motichur. 



Nests in May and June. Gates and Blanford say the eggs are 

 " generally two." I have never found two but either four or three, all pale 

 blue without any marks. 



243. (9). ^GiTHiNA TiPHiA. Common lora. 

 Chota pilak. 



2i'y2. (10). Chloropsis jerdoni. Jerdon's Chloropsis. 

 Harewa. 



Gates and Blanford give the eggs as " two in number " but I found a nest 

 with three on 3rd June 1909. The usual number is two. 



278. (11). Molpastes H-^moriihotjs. Madras Red-vented Bidbul. 

 Bulbul. 



I have never seen either the Bengal Red-vented [Molpastes hengalensis) or 

 the white-eared Bulbul {Molj^astes leucotis) though both from their distri- 

 bution should occur in Saugor. 



321. (12). SiTXA CASTANEivENiRis, Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch. 



325. (13). SiTTA FRONTALIS. Velvet-fronted Blue Nutliatch. 



I include both these birds on the authority of Mr. Tucker who has seen 

 them both in Saugor throughout the year, though he has not found their 

 nests. I have not myself observed either of these Nuthatches in the 

 district. 



327. (14). DiGRURUS ATER. Black Drongo. 

 Karanjua. 



This is the only Drongo that I have myself seen in Saugor, but 

 Mr. Tucker tells me he has seen the white-bellied Drongo {Dicrurua cceru- 

 leacens) on various occasions at difl'erent seasons of the year and though he 

 never found a nest, there is no reason why it should not breed in 

 the district. Mr. Thornhill told me of an amusing incident which he had 

 witnessed in connection with the Black Drongo. King-crow was sitting 

 on a Telegraph wire, and on the ground below a couple of Mynas and 

 a Hoopoe were making investigations. The Mynas had just discovered 

 a nice plump worm over which they were wrangling when suddenly the cry 

 of the Shikra {Astur badiu?) was heard, so unmistakeable that Mr. Thornhill 

 looked about for the little hawk. The Mynas and Hoopoe tarried not for 

 anything of the kind but legged it for all they were worth to the nearest 

 tree, the former dropping their booty in the excitement. There was not, 

 and never had been, any Shikra about but the King-crow, who had 

 imitated its cry, then swooped leisurely down and absorbed the worm. As 

 a matter of fact the King-crow is particularly fond of this little dodge and 

 the natives are well aware of this habit of his. It involves, of course, 



