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I think the Musk deer is certain to be found in the higher hills beyond 

 Myitkyina, I have seen several skins and tushes which have been brought 

 down. The owners seemed very proud of them and asked absurd prices. 



G. H. EVANS, CoLONEi. 



Rangoon, 1st March 1914, 



No. XVII.— NEST OF THE LONG-TAILED BROADBILL ON 

 ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRE. 



As records of the nesting of the long-tailed Broadbill {Rsarisomus 

 (lalJiousioe) appears to have been few, the following note may perhaps be 

 of interest. 



At Mussoorie last hot weather at 5,000 feet elevation, I noticed what 

 seemed to be a mass of grass suspended high overhead from one of the 

 electric light wires spanning a nullah, and, possibly, I thought, lodged there 

 during a storm. But this year, seeing two of these, one about the same 

 place on the wire as last year, I mentioned them to Mr. Vincent Mackinnon, 

 who told me they were the nests of a rare bird. 



On June 28th, seeing the pair of birds at the higher of the two nests, I 

 told Mr. D. Dewar about them, and we next day visited the spot and got with- 

 in twenty feet of the birds and their nest, and heard the young birds in the 

 nest. The old birds, who remained silent, invariably perched on a bough 

 close to us — sometimes both were there — before going to the nest ; and one 

 remained almost motionless in full view for about fifteen minutes, holding 

 a green caterpillar in its beak. So we had had an excellent view of the 

 birds, especially with the aid of field-glasses, the intense black of the cap, 

 white loreal spot and bright orange-yellow of the throat in contrast with the 

 green of the body, appearing extraordinarily handsome. The grey patch on 

 the top of the head was only noticeable from behind. 



