MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 797 



D. — 10th April 1913. — Huldee, Chanda. In the fields, near the vil- 

 lage, 1 egg and 1 young one. Young one just 

 hatched. 

 Nest. — Placed in a well-hidden hollow, at the side of a stump. About 

 4 ft. from the ground and screened by a mass of 

 thick thorn. A very large nest with bulky foundation. 

 Composed of dead grass and bents ; lined with finer 

 grass. 

 E(/(/s. — For description and colour, see previous notes. No measure- 

 ments taken. 

 E. — 10th April 1913. — Huldee, Chanda. Just at the edge of the jungle 

 (well tree-ed thickets). 

 Two eggs. Incubation very advanced, almost hatch- 

 ing. 

 Nest. — Placed at the foot of a small tree , well concealed in a hollow 

 in the ground. Composed of dead grass and bents, lined 

 with pieces of the ' slough ' of a snake. 

 Eggs. — Pale greenish white, spotted and speckled with brown, 

 greyish and purple grey, more thickly at the larger end. 

 •76"x-o8", •76"x-60" ; average = •76"x-59". 

 F. — 19th April 1913. — Walsera, Chanda. At the edge of the jungle by 

 the village in a small thicket. 

 3 eggs, fresh. 

 Nest. — Placed in a hole in a stump about 3f ft. from the ground very 

 little in the way of nest. Just a few pieces of dead grass, 

 lined with pieces of a snake's " slough." 

 Eggs. — Pale greenish white, thickly spotted and speckled all over 

 with brown, sepia, grey and blue-grey. More thickly and 

 merging into a ring at the larger end. One egg is blotched. 

 •79"x-60", •76"x-62", ■74"x-62"; average=-77"x -61". 

 G. — 20th April 1913. — Walsera, Chanda. In the jungle, in a slight 

 clearing, fairly open jungle, thinly tree-ed. 

 1 egg and 1 young one. 



Egg just hatching : Young one just hatched. 

 Nest. — Placed in a hole in a stinnp, about 5 feet from the ground. 

 Very little nest, just a few bits of dead grass placed to 

 soften the hollow. 

 Egg. — Pale greenish white, thickly spotted and speckled all over 



with brown and sepia. 

 Young one. — Darkish in colour, with tufts of black down. 

 No measurements taken. 

 If.— 26th April 1913.— Huldee, Chanda. In the jungle (Teak Forest) 

 3 eggs. Fresh. 

 ;S^est. — Placed about two feet from the ground in the hollow trunk 

 of a small tree. Very narrow entrance. Composed of a 

 few sticks and stalks for foundation, with nest of dead 

 grass : no lining. 

 Eggs.— Vdile greenish whi'te, thickly spotted and speckled, more so 

 at the large end where there is a ring of colour, with brown 

 sepia, bluish grey and purplish grey. One egg unfortu- 

 nately was smashed in withdrawing it from the nest. One 

 egg was spotted with a fine dark ring at the larger end ; 

 the other is speckled and the rings not so distinct, the 

 speckling being thicker. 

 •77"X'62", •77"x-63"; average = -77" X '625''. 



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