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I. — 27th April 1913. — Huldee, Chanda. In the jungle (thin forest and 

 thickets), 3 eggs, fresh. 

 Nest. — Placed in a hole in the side of a broken stump, about 2 feet 

 from the ground. Composed of dead grass and fine stalks, 

 lined with a few bits of black hair. 

 Ec/gs. — Pale greenish white, spotted and slightly speckled with sepia 

 brown, bluish grey and purple grey. Spotted all over, 

 more thickly and ring shaped at the larger end. 

 •80"x62", •76"x-62", •79"x-62"; average = ■76"x-62". 

 J. — 2nd May 1913. — Jamgiree, Chanda. Near a jungle road (forest 

 and scrub), 3 eggs, on the point of hatching. 

 Nest. — Placed in a hollow stump at the top. About 5 feet from the 

 ground. Quite a massive nest of small bents, stalks and dead 

 grass and roots. 

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

 sepia, brown, bluish-grey and purplish-grey. 

 •81" X -58", -SI" X .58", -78" X -59"; average = -80" X -58". 

 K. — 3rd May 1913. — Koothegaon, Chanda. By the side of a jungle path 

 (thin forest), * 2 eggs, one young one. 

 Eggs on the point of hatching. The young one 

 just hatched. 

 Nest. — Placed at the bottom of a stump in a hollow about 8 inches 

 above the ground. A heavy massive nest of dead grass and 

 stalks lined with finer materials. 

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

 sepia, brown, bluish-grey and purplish-grey ; more thickly and 

 ring-shaped at the larger end. 

 No measurements taken. 

 L. — 4th May 1913. — Koothegaon, Chanda. In scrub jungle on a grassy 

 plain. No eggs. 

 Nest. — Usual type, lined with pieces of a snake's slough. Placed in 

 a hole at the top of a stump, about 5^ ft. from the ground. 

 M. — 31st May 1913. — Vithulwara, Chanda. Placed in the eaves of a 

 P. W. D. Bungalow, 2 young ones and 1 egg. 

 Egg probably unfertile, young ones a few days old. 

 Nest. — A slight construction of dry grass and fine roots, lined with 

 softer materials ; about 10 feet from the ground. 

 Eggs not taken, so no measurements. 

 Average of all the eggs taken by me works out at "79" x '69," which makes 

 my eggs a bit bulky than Oates' measurements of •79"x"59". 



0. R. S. PITMAN, 



27xH Punjabis. 

 June 1913. 



* These two eggs were lying on cotton wool in my tent and hatched out 

 on the 4th and 5th May. 



No. XV,— NESTING OF ANTHUS SIMILIS, Jerdon (THE 

 BROWN-ROOK PIPIT). 



The fact that the Brown-Rock Pipit (A. similis) is a common summer 

 visitor to the lesser ranges of the Himalayas is well known, but during the 

 last three or four years my friend, Alec. Jones, has demonstrated to me, 

 on more than one occasion, that a few of these birds nested every year, 



