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65. I'ephrodornis pondicerianus^ Gmel., • the Common Wood- 

 slirike. — Fairly common. Took a pair of fresh eggs on May 10th, 

 and found a few nests with young later. 



66. Hemipus picatus, Blyth, the Little Pied Shrike. — Common ; 

 but, though I tried hard, I failed to get eggs. On May 12th, after 

 watching one for some time, 1 found its nest, a tiny shallow cup covered 

 exteriorly with cobweb, placed oil a small dead lichen-covered bough 

 20 feet from the ground. It contained to my disappointment three 

 very small young, though the bird, on going to the nest, sat on it for 

 some time before I went up, leading me to expect eggs. A very 

 difficult nest to " spot. " 



67. Lanius cristatus^ Linn., the Brown Shrike.—- Common in N.-E, 

 monsoon. 



68. Buchanga leucopygialis, Blyth, the Ceylon ese White-bellied 

 Drongo. — Very common ; took a few nests in March, April and May. 

 The eggs — it lays two or three — vary gl-eatly. Some are flesh-coloured 

 with marks of pale grey and pale reddish-brown ; others white with a 

 few large blotches of a deep rusty-red. The nest is placed in a hori- 

 zontal fork of a bough. The nest described by Colonel Legge as 

 2^" in diameter must have been an unusually small one, or else the 

 figure has been misprinted. 



69. Dissemurus pafadise.us, Linn., the Racket-tailed Drongo. — 

 Fairly common about 2,000 feet and downwards. 



1 have the following notes of nests : — 



April 11th, — Started at six this morning to visit the racket- tailed 

 drongo's nest which Sannassy found yesterday. Passed through the 

 village to get a boy to do the climbing ; selected a little fellow who 

 could not have weighed more than 30 lbs. * * * Proceeded up 

 stream for about 1| miles, wading ; bed of river was . about 15 yards 

 broad, a mass of large boulders of rocks, between which the water ran 

 fast and strong. On each side was tall forest,, from which came the 

 scale-like call of the spur-fowl and the metallic crow of the jungle- 

 cock ; it was beautifully cool at that hour, and, had it not been for the 

 myriads of leeches which infested the river banks, the morning would 

 have been most enjoyable. As it was, I was soon bleeding from head to 

 foot from scores of irritating punctures. Presently we arrived at the 

 nest. A single sapling grew from a -small island of rocks at the 



