585 

 SOME MAYMYO BIRDS 



BY 



Major H. H. Harington. 

 Pakt II. 



( Continued from 'page 1011 of Vol. XX,) 



No. 25. Garndus leucotis, Hume. — (The Burmese Jay.) 

 On the 10th April I visited the spot where last year 1 had been so fortu- 

 nate with the Jays, and found the Colony still established iji their old place ; 

 last year's nests being still there, and six new ones, I was unfortunately a 

 few days too early as most of the nests only contained one or two eggs. 

 Two nests were placed on stumps 3 and 4 feet from the ground, and eleven 

 paces apart. I again visited my " Jay farm " on the 24th and was suc- 

 cessful in getting some more eggs. Although. I explored the jungle round 

 Maymyo I never came across another colony ; only finding single nests. 

 Owing, no doubt, to the early rains this year, the Jays began nesting 

 sooner than last year, when most of my nests were found in May. 



No. 176. Mixornis rubricapillus, Tick. — (The Yellow-breasted Babbler.) 

 I did not see this noisy little bird actually in Maymyo itself, but on the 

 ;lrd May at Wetwun I found two nests with two and three incubated eggs. 

 It is very partial to bamboo jungle, and if the locality is suitable its mono- 

 tonous " Ohuk, Chuk, Chuk" is generally to be heard. 



No. 290. Otocompsa Jlavioentiis, Tick. — (The Black-crested Yellow 

 Bulbul.) 



I did not come across this handsome Bulbul in Maymyo, but a few miles 

 out on the Thondoung road and again at Wetwun it is very plentiful. 



No. 515. Oriolus temdrostris, Blyth. — (The Burmese Black-naped Oriole.) 

 This is the only Oriole I noticed round Maymyo, where it is extremely 

 plentiful, many nesting in compounds. I found five or six nests both with eggs 

 and young, and would probably have found more if I had tried, as they are 

 extremely partial to nesting under the protection of Drongos of either kind. 

 I noticed this more particularly in compounds, where if there happened to 

 be a King-Crow's nest and any Orioles were heard in the vicinity, it was 

 almost a certainty that their nest would be near that of the Drongo. Out- 

 side my gate I found both the Oriole and Red Turtle Dove ((Zf. tranquebarictx 

 nesting in a tree next to that in which a pair of King-Crows {D. ater.) 

 had theirs. As a further illustration a friend told me that he had a King- 

 Crow's nest near his house, and on hearing an Oriole calling in the garden 

 r said most probably the nest would be near that of the King-Crow, and 

 sure enough on going to the clump of Oaks out flew an Oriole and w^ 

 soon spotted the nest suspended a good bit below that of the King-Crow. 



