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hair. It was of very irregular construction, but roughly speaking it 

 was about 8" in height by about 5*5" in breadth. It contained three 

 pure white eggs with very fragile shells, which were glossless and of 

 rather a chalky texture. I shot the male bird which returned to the 

 nest within about ten minutes after I found it, so that there was no 

 mistake as to their identity ; they measure , 58"X*44", *57 w >c*42", and 

 •58"X'41". In shape they are broad, rather regular ovals. 



This is the only occasion on which I have seen the bird except in 

 the cold season, when it is fairly common. 



(168) A. lugubris. — The Dull Green Willow-Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 426 ; Hume, No. 558. 

 A common winter visitant. 



(169) A. COEONATUS. — Temminck's Crowned Willow- Warbler. 



Oates, No. 427 ; Hume, No. 563 Bis. 

 I saw one specimen, a female, of this bird in January, 1891. 



(170) A. occipitalis. — The Large Crowned Willow- Warbler. 



Oates, No. 428 ; Hume, No. 563. 

 Oates mentions this bird as having been found in North Cachar, but 

 I have not yet met with it. 



(171) A. trochiloides. — Blyth's Crowned Willow- Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 429 ; Hume, Nos. 564 and 564 Bis. 

 I have seen this bird once or twice in North Cachar, and once had a 

 nest brought to me which was said to belong to this bird, but I rather 

 doubt if it was. In shape the nest was a roughly-formed globular affair, 

 made of moss, and it was said to have been taken from amongst the roots 

 of a tree. It contained three eggs ; white, rather sparsely speckled 

 with dull reddish, rather more numerous towards the larger end. The 

 surface is slightly glossy and is stouter than in most eggs of the birds of 

 this genus. They measure -59",X'45", -58"* "45", and -60"* -45". 



(172) Cryptolopha affinis. — The Allied Fly-catcher Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 431 ; Hume, No. 576. 

 A rare bird here, but probably less so really than appears to be the 

 case, as it keeps much to the interior of evergreen forest and thus 

 escapes observation. 



(173) C. burkh.— The Black Crowned Fly-catcher Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 433 ; Hume, No. 569. 

 This bird is not uncommon here during the cold weather, but on the 

 commencement of the rains most of the birds seem to remove else- 

 where, as I have very seldom met with it after April. 



