264 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



26. Psaraoglosm spiloptera (261). — Spotted-wing. 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 



27. Ilypsipetes concolo)- (270). — Burmese Black Bulbul. 



Fairly common. While at Kalaw I tried to find a nest of this bird, but 

 only succeeded on the last day of my stay — the 30th of April. The parent 

 birds gave the nest away. I was attracted by their excited behaviour, as 

 they kept flying to and fro, erecting the feathers of their head and calling 

 the while. After watching for some time, I saw one of the birds hop along 

 the branch of a huge pine tree and suddenly squat, and I then realized she 

 was on her nest, which I had not till then been able to see. It 

 was a great height up, some 50 or 60 feet, and situated towards the 

 extremity of a branch, just on a small fork. It appeared to be very 

 shallow and covered with cobweb, which harmonized with the colour 

 of the branch. In order that the nest might be examined, it was neces- 

 sary to erect a scaffolding up to it, as the branch at the site of the nest 

 would not have borne a man's weight. Fortunately some carpenters were 

 close by building a house, and from them I borrowed some bamboos, ropes, 

 etc, and my Burman pluckily managed to reach the nest, to find it 

 contained alas ! young birds. The finding of the S. concolor's nest had 

 often defeated me previously, as I never imagined they nested at such a 

 height from the ground. 



28. Remixus ticJcelli (276). — Tickell's Bulbul. 

 Recorded by Ool. Rippon. 



29. Alcurus striatus (277). — Striated Green Bulbul. 

 Recorded by Ool. Rippon. 



30. Molpastes nigripileus (280). — Tenasserim Red- vented Bulbul. 

 Seems to take the place at Kalaw of M. burmanicus, but not so common, 



as burmanicus is on the plains. I found two nests, both in wild raspberry 

 bushes — one with 2 eggs dated 13-4, the other with 3, dated 24-4, The eggs 

 in the latter nest were almost identical to M. bur^nmiicus, but the eggs of 

 the former clutch were pinkish, thickly mottled with red, and with no 

 purple markings. 



31. Xanthixus Jiavescens (287). — Blyth's Bulbul. 

 Recorded by Col, Rippon. 



32. Otocompsa emeria (288). — Bengali Red-whiskered Bulbul. 



Not common in the immediate vicinity of Kalaw, its place being taken 

 by Pycnonotus xanthorrhous, but fairly common close to the stream and 

 marshy land about two miles out. 



33. Otocompsa flaviventris (290). — Black-crested Yellow Bulbul. 



Very common at Wetpyuye and up to about four miles West of Kalaw. 

 Elevation about 3,800 feet, but not noticed at Kalaw. I found a nest, a 

 rather untidy structure, in a raspberry bush at Wetpyuye on the 2nd 

 April, containing two fresh eggs. 



34. Pycnonotus xanthorrhous (298a). — Anderson's Bulbul, 



Very common in the scrub jungle round Kalaw, I found several nests. 

 These were cup-shaped and very neatly built of grass and bracken, and 

 lined with fine grass. The usual site chosen for the nest was a raspberry 

 bush, but I found several nests built in thick clamps of grass close to the 

 ground. 



The eggs are of two types, one being richly and thickly marked with 

 purple and dark red-brown ; the other pinkish, thickly marked with 

 pinkish red. The date of the first nest found was April 3rd and of last 

 nest April 28th, containing fresh eggs. P. xanthorrhous suffered terribly 

 from some nests-robber, human or otherwise. Nor was it the only bird. 

 D. sannio was also in a like plight. Over and over again eggs were 

 removed from nests I had been watching, I tried hard to find some signs 



