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whistling note, and it was this which betrayed its presence to me in 

 very thick brushwood. 



117. Pomatorhinus nuchalis — Tweeddale's Scimitar Babbler. — This bird 

 was not often observed, but it may have been more common than 

 appeared. As being such a great skulker, it was difficult to find in the 

 dense undergrowth. Robinson obtained its nest with fresh eggs about 

 the middle of April and shot the parent bird which he presented to me, 

 being the only specimen I obtained. 



129<2. Pomatorhinus imberbis — -A very common bird at Thandoung. Its 

 noisy call was to be heard in every thicket. Common as it was, neither 

 Robinson nor myself managed to find its nest. Two specimens shot. 



145. Pellorneum subochraceum — Burmese Spotted Babbler. — I only saw 

 one bird of this species which I secured. I would probably have seen more 

 had I not been handicapped by the thickness of the jungle. Karens 

 brought 3 eggs on April 29th which Major Harrington identified as 

 belonging to this species. 



186. Turdinulus roberti — Robert's Babbler. — As such I identified my 

 specimen , but Major Harington, to whom I sent it, thinks it is Turdinulus 

 (lavisoni, but he is sending the skin home to have the iclentification verified. 



187. Myiophoneus teynmincki — The Himalayan Whistling-Thrush, or 



188. The Burmese Whistling-Thrush. — One or other of these birds 1 

 noticed, but as I was unable to procure a specimen, I cannot say which. 



190. Larvivora cyanea — The Siberian Blue Chat. — A specimen was brought 

 to me from the lower hills where it had been snared by Karens with 

 bird-lime. 



218. Staphidia striata — Tickell's Staphidia. — Both Mr. Robinson and 

 myself found nests of this bird. I found 7, but it was some time before we 

 could make sure of the identification of the eggs. Eventually Robinson 

 shot the parent bird off the nest, and I caught a bird on its nest. Prior to 

 this I had not noticed the staphidia, and it is a bird which can be easily 

 overlooked, its habits resemble those of Tits or White eyes — hunting in 

 parties amongst the leaves and boughs of forest trees and keeping up a 

 continual twittering the while. After having once observed the bird, I 

 found it to be quite common. I have already described the nest and eggs 

 of this bird in the Journal. The birds seem to breed chiefly in April and 

 several nests were to be found along every road with suitable bands, I 

 found all my nests between the 18th and 30th of April, and all contained 

 fresh eggs. One completed nest I found on the 23rd and by the 30th the full 

 clutch which appears to be 3 only was laid. None of the nests found 

 contained more than 3 eggs. 



228. Zosterops simplex — Swinhoe's White-eye. — A common little bird. 

 There may be other species of White-eye at Thandoung but such small 

 birds were difficult to see in the thick forest. 



