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this bird I shot off the nest. It is the same as is referred to on page 670 

 of the last number of the Journal as Turdinulus roberti. I will, in the 

 meantime, describe the nest. It was in a screw-pine on a pad of dead 

 bamboo leaves. From the pad other dead bamboo leaves seemed to have 

 been made to stand up bound round with other leaves. The height from 

 the pad was 6-inch ending in a dome. Entrance at side and very large for 

 so small a bird. Below bottom of entrance was a hollow cup of fine 

 grass. The whole like a shelter chair one sees at the seaside. The date 

 was the ninth of April. Three eggs, pure white not smooth nor glossy, in 

 shape a pegtop. One broken on nest. One my man broke. All very 

 hard set. I gave the third to ants to clean, but they so discoloured it and 

 ate the opening that I had to throw it away. Unfortunately I had not 

 measured them. 



Eaxgoon, lUh Mat/ 1912. S. M. ROBINSON. 



No. XXVI.— THE SHELDRAKE {T ADORN A CORNUTA) IN THE 

 UNITED PROVINCES. 



In November I shot a pair of Sheldrake in the Sitapur District, U. P., 

 near the Ghogra river. I understand that these birds are very rare in 

 this part of India. 



MussooRiE, 2Qth April 1912. F. B. SCOTT. 



No. XXVII.— NOTES ON SOME BIRDS FROM THE 

 CHINDWIN VALLEY. 



The following may perhaps prove of interest, as I do not think any of 

 the birds enumerated have previously been recorded from the Chindwin. 



1411. Anthfopoides virgo — Demoiselle Crane. I saw and fired at a pair 

 of these birds on a sand bank about 40 miles above Kindat on December 

 28th, 1911. As I had them under observation with a powerful glass for 

 at least 10 minutes before firing, there can be no possible mistake. In 

 view of our scanty knowledge of the Cranes of Upper Burma, it may be 

 worth recording that Mr. Dove, Executive Engineer, tells me that when 

 engaged on road work on the Chinese Frontier, near Bhamo, he frequently 

 saw and several times shot Demoiselle Cranes. As I also recorded this 

 species from Aracan, it is probable that the birds are fairly frequent visitors, 

 at all events to Northern Burma. 



1491. Larus brunneicephalus—'Brown-hea.ded Gull. On New Year's 

 Day, 1912, I saw a single gull flying along the Chindwin river, not far 

 from Monywa. I could not identify the bird with certainty, but have 

 little doubt it belonged to this species, with which I was well acquainted 

 in Aracan. 



1609. Fuligida fuligula — Tufted Duck. I shot a male, one of a small 

 flock, on January 5th, 1912, on a jheel about 30 miles south of Monywa. 

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