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very rarely three , long-shaped eggs, white, boldly mottled with pink. 

 It seems to spend most of its time building unnecessary nests, as one 

 finds eggs or young in only one out of about a dozen nests. They are 

 thick untidy masses of bamboo leaves with an entrance on one side, and 

 are placed at all heights from two feet to about ten or twelve. The 

 bird is very partial to bamboo jungle, and most of the nests found were 

 in bamboos. 



189. Myiophoneus horsfieldi, Vig. 



Fairly distributed throughout the district except in the eastern por- 

 tion. It breeds in the rains generally about July. A pair have for 

 many years built their nest under the eaves of the Godhulli Bunga- 

 low near Karwar. 



191. Larvivora brunnea, Hodgs. 



A rare straggler in winter to the line of the Ghats. I have 

 obtained specimens in March at Ulvi and Anshi, both in the Supa 

 petta, and at Nilkund in Siddapur in January. 



226. Zosterops palpebrosa, Temm. 



Uncommon, but no doubt a permanent resident above Ghats, where 

 alone I have found it. I have taken its nests once or twice at 

 Sirsi. 



243. iEGITHINA tifhia, Linn. 



A common permanent resident everywhere in Kanara. It breeds 

 in March and April above Ghats, in the central portion of the district 

 and about Karwar in October. In May it seemed preparing to breed 

 about Halyal. 



248, Chloropsis malabarica, Gm. 



This bird is much rarer than the next species which it much resem- 

 bles ; when close to one, however, the males may be easily distinguished 

 by the absence of any yellow surrounding the black on the breast, and 

 by the bright golden yellow of the forehead. The female has a black 

 throat and cheek stripe, while C. jerdoni has a greenish-blue one, so 

 when you see a pair of these bulbuls each with a black throat, you 

 may be pretty sure they are C. malaharica. I have only once taken the 

 nest of this bird : it was at Sumpkund in the Sirsi taluka, and was 

 placed some twenty feet^from the ground in a sapling. The nest 

 which was a hanging one, was made of very pale material, and con- 

 tained two young just hatched ; it was found in February. 



