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12 feet from the ground and the fourth placed on a stump not four feet 

 high. 



On the evening of the 2nd of May I rode out to visit the last two nests 

 and found one deserted and the other with its two eggs quite warm which 

 when I attempted to blow I found to be on the point of hatching. On the 

 afternoon of the next day I again visited the same jungle and found 

 two nests, each containing five eggs, and another with three young birds 

 which I left until the 9th, when one had disappeared. The two remaining 

 young birds I brought down to Mandalay, one only surviving and is very 

 tame. It was most extraordinary finding seven nests all within an area 

 of about 100 square yards, one or two being within 20 yards of each other ; 

 shewing that G. leucotis when unmolested breeds in communities ; also in 

 every case except one the parent bird had to be driven off the nest. 



On going into Maymyo later on I found two more nests, one with eggs 

 and the other containing two young birds. 



Nests. — The nests consisted of a rough outline of coarse twigs, containing 

 a compact cup shaped lining made entirely of grass roots, which measured 

 about six inches in diameter by five inches in depth. Four nests were 

 placed in sapplings from 10 to 12 feet from the ground, one on a stump, and 

 others on the branches of trees from 5 to 10 feet from the ground. 



Effff s - — Nests containing incubated eggs were got of two, three, four and 

 five clutches, shewing the bird to be irregular ; one nest contained five 

 addled eggs, and in many of the others one or two addled eggs were found. 

 The eggs are of the regular family type and vary a great deal in size and 

 colour, some being a uniform pale green with a dark zone round the larger 

 end ; others being distinctly speckled all over with darker greenish-brown 

 spots, many having black hair-like streaks, which if one is not carefid are 

 very liable to wash off. The average of fourteen eggs was 1*3 X "95, the 

 largest being l'48x "97, and the smallest 1-23 x "92. 



Since writing the above I am sorry to say the young Jay died in the Red 

 Sea on its way home. 



No. 32 (a). Parus commixtus, (Swinhoe.) — (The Chinese Grey Tit.) 



Very plentiful, and its loud notes may be heard in most parts of the 

 jungle. 



On the 21st April I took a nest placed in a small hole in the trunk of an 

 oak tree within a few yards of my tent. I watched the pair for three or 

 four days and when the hen had apparently begun sitting I cut into the 

 nest and was rewarded with a nice clutch of seven eggs. I secured both 

 parent birds, as they do not seem to be so highly coloured as those procured 

 at Sinlun Kaba, Bhamo District, also the eggs seem to be decidedly larger. 



No. 67. Bryonastes sannio, (Swinhoe.) — (The White-browed Laughing 



Thrush.) 



This is the common Laughing Thrush of the Shan Hills. I found several 



