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0-91"x0'63". In colour the ground is, where visible, a very pale greenish 

 white spotted all over but more especially towards the big end with rufous 

 and some underlying pale purplish grey markings. 



The third, similar in colour to the last, was found broken in a nest of 

 Meloptus tnelanicterus (the Crested Bunting). 



I heard of several cases of the eggs of this cuckoo being found in the 

 nests of the Indian Pipit but was not fortunate enough to find any myself. 



2. Cuculus micropterus. — The Indian Cuckoo. Heard the well-known 

 musical call of this bird (" make more Pekoe") only twice. It is evidently 

 only an accidental visitor in Maymyo. 



3. Cuculus poliocephalus. — The Small Cuckoo. This species has not, I 

 believe, previously been recorded from Burma. I heard its unmistakable 

 call on the 26th April. It was evidently only on migration as I did not hear 

 it again. Doubtless it will be found to breed in the hills north of Burma. 



4. Hierococcijx sparverioiden — The Large Hawk-Cuckoo. This species is 

 both common and noisy in the forest round Maymyo, but is rarely heard in 

 the station. It is chiefly heard between the middle of April and middle 

 of May. 



It has, like H. varitis, two distinct calls. The first, or "Brain fever" 

 call, is very similar to that of H. varius hut is much less crescendo. 



The second call is also somewhat similar to the second call of H. varius, 

 but instead of being in an ascending followed by a descending scale, as is 

 the case with H. varius, the notes are repeated with scarcely any rise or fall. 

 Two eggs of this hawk-cuckoo were found on May 15th in nests of Garrulax 

 moniliger within 200 yards or so of each other. This was in open scrub 

 jungle, one of the nests being placed in a bramble bush not more than 4 

 feet from the ground and the other in a chestnut sapling just within reach 

 of the hand. 



The first nest was rather a " surprise packet." It contained : — 

 3 young Garrulax monilic/er, just hatched. 

 2 young Coccystes coromandus, one about four days old and one about 



two days only. 

 1 egg of Coccystes coromandus, incubated. 

 1 egg of Hierococcyx sparverioides, addled. 



The last egg is of a rather pale " hedge-sparrow " blue, giossless, and of 

 a fine texture. It measures l'13"xO'8G". 



The other egg of H. sparverioides was in a nest containing four eggs of 

 the Laughing Thrush, all of which were fresh. 



It is similar in all respects to the last described and measures I'lC'x 

 0-86". 



I think it probable they were both laid by the same bird. 



These eggs agree well with those found by my brother, A. E. Osmaston, 

 near Naiui Tal in the nests of Trochalopterum erythrocephalum and described 

 in this Journal, Vol. XXI, page 1330. 



It is interesting to note that the breeding season of S. sparvenoides is 

 different in these two localities to fit in with the different breeding seasons 

 of the host birds, viz., May for Garrulax in Maymyo and July-August for 

 Trochalopterum in Naini Tal. 



5. Coccystes coromandus. — The Red-winged Crested Cuckoo. This hand- 

 some bird, which is so rare in India, is common round Maymyo. It is a 

 shy bird with a somewhat Jay-like rasping note. 



The eggs are laid in the nests of Garrulav pectoralis and moniliger, 

 especially the latter, and usually two or more eggs of this cuckoo are laid 

 in one and the same nest. 



The eggs are very broad ovals, fine in texture and without gloss. In 

 colour they are rather pale hedge-sparrow blue. 



