1477 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol, VIII, 
with eggs, most of the birds being caught with hair nooses on their nests, 
These are bulky, rather shallow cups made of moss and moss roots, grass, 
bamboo leayes, and fern and bracken fronds, the lining being generally 
of fern and moss roots, sometimes of very fine twigs or tendrils. The 
materials are generally fairly well put together, and the nest, when new, 
is strong and compact, but, owing to the situation in which it is placed, 
soon becomes damp and rotten. It averages some 7! across by about 4" 
externally, the hollow being about 3°5", or rather more in diameter, and 
seldom over 2" deep. It is invariably placed near the ground and often 
almost, if not quite, on it. All the nests I saw were taken from ever- 
green forest with an undergrowth of fern, bracken and brambles. 
The eggs, three innumber, closely resemble those of G. moniliger, but 
are broader on the whole and the surface is far more satiny, often 
showing a fair amount of gloss. Thirty eggs average 1:14” x 81". 
All my eggs were taken in April and May. 
Thave only met with this bird in one place, namely, the valley of 
the Laisung, at an elevation of about three to four thousand feet. The 
birds kept principally to the evergreen forests, but were also noticed in 
bamboo jungle on several occasions. At this place it is very common, 
but I have not met with a single specimen elsewhere. It is a very shy 
bird and, as Hume says, a terrible skulk. 
(387) ARGYA EARLII.—The Striated Babbler. 
Oates, No. 104; Hume, No. 489. 
Only occurs as a strageler from the plains in the low-lying grass 
lands on the borders of Nowgong. 
(88) A. cAUDATA.—The Common Babbler. 
Oates, No. 105; Hume, No. 488. 
I have been told by a friend that this bird had been killed by him at 
the foot of the North Cachar Hills, but I very much doubt whether it 
was correctly identified. 
(39) A. LonarrostRis.—The Small Rufous Babbler. 
Oates, No. 109 ; Hume, No. 386. 
(40) CratEropus canorus.—The Jungle Babbler. 
Oates, No. 110 ; Hume, No. 434, 
