586 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXL 



Last year I found a number of (E. tranquebarica nesting in the proximity 

 of nests both D. ater and cineraceus. 



On my return to Mandalay I found a nest of (O. tenuirostis) in my com- 

 pound containing two eggs, which were unfortunately on the point of hatch- 

 ing, and also noticed many other birds about. The majority of nests were 

 placed from ten to twelve feet from the ground, one was, however, a good 

 twenty-five feet up. The eggs are of the usual Oriole type, being very pink 

 when fresh, becoming a dull white when well incubated. Average of six 

 eggs 1-15 X '86. Largest egg 1-2 x "SS, smallest 1-12 x •86. 

 No. 935. Pitta cucullata, Hartz. — (The Green-breasted Pitta.) 

 Mr. T. Hauxwell caught one in his house and kept it alive sometime, 

 feeding it on wcrms which it ate greedily. 



No. 1178. Scops bakkmncena, Penn. — (The Collared Scops Owl.) 

 On the 27th March. I found a nest containing 3 incubated eggs and 

 secured the parent bird. 



No. 1183. Glaucidium cuculoides, Vig. — (The Large Barred Owlet.) 

 Plentiful, heard and seen on several occasions. 



No. 1212. Sjji-aetus limnaetus, Horsf. — (The Changeable Hawk-Eagle.) 

 Mr. Hauxwell procured a nest containing one young bird of this species 

 and is bringing it up. I found the nest of either this or another Hawk-Eagle 

 containing one young bird, which was left until it should get larger, but 

 on my next visit I found the tree containing the nest had been blown 

 down during one of the many storms we had this year at Maymyo. On 

 two occasions when out with Mr. Hauxwell we saw what we took to be a 

 pair of Black Eagles [Ictinaetus malayensis) but could find no signs of their 

 nesting. 



No. 1221. Butastur liventer, Temm. — (The Kufous-winged Buzzard Eagle.) 

 Although this bird is fairly plentiful round Maymyo, I was only 

 successful in finding one nest on the 15th April ; this was an untidy affair 

 placed on an overhanging bough and contained two fresh eggs. The 

 habits of B. liventer in the Shan States seems to be totally different to 

 those given in the Fauna of India for birds in Lower Burma, where they 

 seem to be found in cultivated and open country, in fact having all the 

 habits of the White-eyed Buzzard-Eagle (B. teesa) in Upper Burma. In 

 the Shan States it seems to prefer open forest land and in Maymyo to be 

 very partial to oak jungle. It is a very conspicuous bird with its bright 

 chestnut upper plumage, and almost white underparts. B. teesa was seen 

 in the open country to the west of the railway station. 



No. 1251. Baza lophotes, Temm. — (The Black-crested Baza.) 



On the morning of the 29th April, whilst birds nesting near the banks of 



the river at Wetwun, my attention was attracted by the noisy clamouring 



of a pair of Baza, who kept flying round a clump of trees, and settling side 



by side on a dead bough where they continued calling and raising their 



