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about 4 to 5 inches long by 3 to 3^ inches in height. Eggs three, 

 plain white somewhat pointed, -94 x -69 to -88 x '68. Bird not 

 uncommon. 



[Procured by Col. Rippon. — H. H. H.] 



(130). McClelland's Scimitar Babbler, Pomatorhinus macclel- 

 landi. — Three nests of this species were obtained. One was 

 brought with the bird by a Chin on 19th April, and contained 

 three eggs all well incubated. The other two were found by me, 

 one on 13th and one on 18th April ; the latter contained two 

 young birds and an addled egg which I took ; the former had only 

 one egg in it when found, but three when taken on 18th. At that 

 time the bird had been sitting very steadily for a day or two, 

 bustling away half running, half flying, into the bushes when I 

 approached. I netted one bird on the evening of the 1 7th and 

 the mate was on the nest on the following day, but after very 

 heavy rain on the evening of 18th I found the nest much broken 

 in and apparently deserted and took the eggs. In both cases 

 found by me the nest was situated on sloping ground under some 

 bramble sprays and well hidden among dead canna leaves and 

 woody herbs. It was a loosely constructed dome-shaped nest 

 composed almost entirely of grass. Internal dimensions back to 

 front 4 inches, bottom to dome 3 inches. Eggs measured from 

 1'05 X '78 to -95 X '75 and one was only -73 in diameter. 



[First record from Burma. — H. H. H,] 



BRACHYPTERYGINiE. 



(191) Indian Blue Chat, Larvivora brunnea. — Bird quite 

 common. One flew against the window pane and stunned itself 

 one morning while we were having " chhota hazri." 



Two nests were found of this species; in both cases the eggs 

 were pure turquoise blue. The nest, placed on the ground in a 

 bank, was a cup of dry pine needles lined with black hairs and a 

 few leaves in one case and in the other was composed of grass 

 stems lined with hair and feathers. The eggs were three in each 

 case and well incubated, one being obtained on 16th May and the 

 other on 26th June and their measurements were from -78 x -57 

 to -75 X -55. 



