BIBBS' NJESTS FROM HAKA, CHIN HILLS. 625 



[Found nesting at Mt. Victoria by K. 0. Macdonal. — H. H. H.] 

 (211 A) Rippon's Bar-wing, Aothioclura ripponi (O.Grant.) — 



One of a pair was shot hj me on a tree on the outskirts of the 



jungle on 29th Api'il. 



[Described in Ibis, January 1907, p. 186. Found nesting by 



me atSinlum, Bhamo. — H. H. H.] 



Brachypodin^. 



(279) BuR^MESE Red-vented Bulbul, Molpastes hurmanicus. — 

 A very common bird of which I took several nests in 1909 but 

 only found one with eggs in 1910. There were three eggs. 



(292) Finch-billed Bulbul, Spizixus canifrons. — Also very 

 common, several nests with hatchlings found in 1910. 



Sittid^. 



(318) Austen's Nuthatch, tSitta nagaensis. — Quite common, 

 but no nests procured. Undoubtedly breeds at Haka, as many 

 young fledglings were seen and one shot. One adult when shot 

 remained hanging to the branch it was on, head downwards, 

 until I got up and detached it when I found to my surprise that 

 it was quite dead. 



[Taken by Ool. Rippon. Found nesting at Sinlum, Bhamo, by 

 me. A bird found in the hills both on the East and West of 

 Burma. Only got above about 5,000 feet, below this its place is 

 taken by S. neglecta — H.H.H.] 



Oerthiid^. 



(355B). Urocichla oatesi (Rippon). — One nest obtained on 30th 

 April 1910 on a sloping bank of dried grass beneath some trees. 

 The bird was shot as it left its nest. The nest was a larsre oval- 

 shaped, domed structure composed of an outer layer of dead 

 leaves, canna leaves, coarse grass, etc., inside which was a layer 

 of grass stems, fibres and a little moss, the cup being lined up to 

 the level of the entrance with a plaster about 1-1 6th inch thick 

 composed as far as I could determine of a substance which looked 

 like chewed thistle stem or chewed grass. The bottom of the 

 nest when taken was found to be quite moist from contact with 



