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lays two types of eggs, and the scarcer one here is what Mr. Hume 

 describes as being " marked with the colour one would get by mixing 

 brown with vermilion." Only one pair out of several answered this 

 description, and there was no doubt as to the identification of all my 

 specimens. But I see Mr. Hume had only two eggs before him 

 when he wrote. 



87. Eubigula melanictera^ Gmel., the Black-headed Bulbul. — Com- 

 mon, but I have failed to find a nest. I shot a hen with a largely 

 developed egg in her in August. 



88. Kelaartia penicUlata, Blyth, the Yellow-eared Bulbul. — I can 

 find no note on this bird's breeding in Legge or " Nests and Eggs." 

 I have found its nest in DimbuUa in April — a large cup of moss and 

 elephani>-grass leaves. It contained one fresh egg when T found it, 

 but when I visited it again next day it did not ! And I was unlucky 

 in clumsily breaking an egg sent me from Balangoda this year. The 

 egg is a broad oval, and (I write from memory) of a pinkish ground- 

 colour, marked with rather blurred blotches and streaks of pinky 

 brown. I do not see the bird much below 4,000 feet. 



89. Pycnonotus hcemorrhous^ Gmel., the Madras Balbul. — Ex- 

 tremely common. 



90. Phillornis jerdoni, Blyth, the Green Bulbul. — Very common, 

 but never found nest. 



91. Phillornis malaharicus, Blyth, the Malabar Green Bulbul. — • 

 Same applies. 



92. lora tiphiay Linn., the Common Bush BulbaL — Fairly common. 

 Had a pair of eggs sent me this year from Balangoda, but I have 

 never seen a nest myself. 



93. Malacocercus striatus, Swains. — Fairly numerous ; but I have 

 never seen its nest. 



94. Pomatorhinus melanurus, Blyth, the Ceylonese Scimitar 

 Babbler. — Common. Makes a domed nest of grass in a bank, some- 

 thing like a large willow-wren's. I took a clutch of three fresh 

 eggs on January 1st, and another of three eggs too hard set to blow in 

 March. Another clutch of three was sent me from Balangoda in May. 

 The eggs are pure white and very glossy. 



95. Dumetia alhogularis, Blyth, the White-throated Wren War- 

 bler. — Common, Have found a few nests between May and September, 



