ee Foe : 
THE BIRDS OF CACHAR. 405 
sienna-pink tinge. The markings, rather profuse at the larger end, 
though sparse elsewhere, consist of small dots and blotches of reddish- 
brown, mostly surrounded by a pale washed-out shade of the same, 
looking as if the colour had run. Here and there also a few scriggly 
and entangled lines of very deep red-brown, The markings form 
ill-defined caps, or rings, at the larger ends. 
In shape the eggs are a very regular oval, neither particularly long 
nor broad in proportion to their size. The surface is not very smooth, 
but has a very faint gloss, and the texture is fine and close, and the 
shell exceptionally stout. 
The nest was placed on the ground in amongst the dead leaves and 
other rubbish at the foot of a large tree standing in forest composed 
principally of small ones and having a dense undergowth of Bigonias, 
bracken, and miscellaneous green bushes. It was taken on the 24th 
June on a peak near Hungrum at about 6,000 feet elevation. 
The bird has a sweet chirping whistle, which it uttered repeatedly 
as it lay in my hand. 
(To be continued.) 
