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nests of this species were found by me. The fii*st was found on 

 the 3rd May 1910 and was placed in a small hole just below the 

 branch of a wild pear tree (Pyrus loashia). The hole was about 

 six inches long running horizontally into the tree-trunk. The 

 nest consisted of a thick pad qf moss interwoven with fine hairs 

 and wool. The eggs were five in number measuring from -66 x -§2 

 to '64 X '51, and were pale pink with some pale brownish red 

 blotches scattered round the larger end chiefly. The second nest 

 was found on 7th May and brought in by a Chin, who brought 

 the bird with it, and said he found it in a hole in the ground. 

 The nest was composed of moss and hair (? goat's). There were 

 five eggs, rather paler than the last with the spots more generally 

 scattered over the whole surface. These measured from -68 x '54 

 to "66 X "oS. In the former case the eggs were in an advanced 

 state of incubation. 



[Also got by Col. E;ippon at Mt. Victoria. Very interesting 

 how many of the Himalayan and Indian birds turn up in the 

 Chin Hills and Aracan. — H. H, H.] 



(36) Hume's Red-headed Tit, Aegithaliscus manipureoisis. — 

 Fairly common, but in spite of days of careful watching I never 

 found the nest. The tarsus measured -65 in., not -35 as given in 

 the "Fauna." 



[Recorded by Col. Rippon from Mt. Victoria. — H. H. H.] 



CRATEROPODID^. 



ORATEROPODINiE. 



Babax vidorie (Rippon). — One nest found by my wife on 

 13th April. The nest was an open cup composed of dead leaves 

 and thick grass stems lined with fine root fibres placed about two 

 feet above the ground between the stems of a small thorny bush 

 at the head of a little swamp. The interior diameter of the nest 

 was 3^ inches with a depth of 1^ to 2 inches. When found there 

 was only one egg but a second was laid on 14th, after which the 

 bird was continually on the nest till the 18th when the bird was 

 shot and the nest taken. Eggs opaque turquoise blue 1'2 x '86 

 and 1*19 x '83. The bird was very difficult to see after it had 

 once left its nest, and skulked in the thickest bushes. 



