MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 671 



249. Chloropsis hardioickii — The orange-breasted Ohlropsis. — I only- 

 procured one specimen of this bird, the only one seen. 



270. Sypsipetes concolor — ^Burmese Black Bulbul. — A common bird. It 

 appeared to be nesting in April but I could find no nests. 



280. Molpastes nif/Hpileus — The Tenasserim Red-vented Bulbul. -r- This 

 bird was observed on several occasions but at Thandoung itself it was by no 

 means very plentiful. 



287, Xanthixus Jlavescens — Blyth's Bulbul.— An extremely common 

 bird. This bird and the next being the commonest birds in the settlement. 

 I expected to find quite a number of nests. I found many old nests which 

 I think belonged to this species but only one with eggs. 



288. Otocompsa emeria—The Bengal Red- whiskered Bulbul. — As com- 

 mon as Blyth's bulbul, but I only found 2 nests with eggs. The last nest 

 I found containing one egg only on the 26th of April, but before I left 

 on the 30th the full clutch of 3 was laid. 



325. Sitta frontalis— The Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch,— Common. 



339. Bhringa remifev—The Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo. A nest I 

 found on April 29th, containing 3 fiedgings almost ready to leave the nest, I 

 think belonged to this species. The nest was built in the fork of a dead 

 bamboo which had been partially broken and was hanging over from midway 

 up the stem. 



340. Dissemurus paradisem— The Larger Racket-tailed Drongo. — Common. 

 Robinson found a nest containing hard set eggs on about April 18th as far 

 as I can remember. 



423. Acantkopneuste plumbeitarsus — MiddendorfTs Willow-Warbler. — A 

 specimen of this bird was brought me by Karens from the lower hills at an 

 elevation of about 2,500 feet. I noticed on several occasions larger parties 

 of a small warbler, hunting about in the brush-wood which I believed 

 to belong to this species, but the undergrowth was so dense that I did 

 not manage to procure a specimen. 



430. Acantkopneuste davisoni — The Tenasserim White-tailed Willow- 

 Warbler. — ^I only procured one specimen of this bird and that was a parent 

 bird from its nest on the 19th of April. The nest contained 3 pure white 

 top-shaped eggs measuring -47 by '55. The nest was globular in shape, 

 slightly oblong with the entrance on the side. The nest was beautifully 

 concealed, being surrounded by leaves and grasses used in its construction, 

 and had I not noticed the bird flying off I would not have discovered the 



nest. 



461. Suya superciliaris — Anderson's Hill Warbler. — This was the only 

 Suya I noticed, it frequented the grassy knolls. I procured one nest con- 

 taining 4 fresh eggs on the 25th of April. The nest was purse-shaped and 

 built between the stems of a small bush close to the ground and lined with 

 fine grass. The eggs were a dull greenish white in colour with minute 

 47 



