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The nests, of which I have taken three, are exactly like those of 

 H. fortipes — that is to say, it is shaped like an egg with the small end 

 cut off. It differs from the nest of that bird, however, in not having 

 nearly so many feathers in the lining and also in being rather bulkier. 

 The eggs are the same in shape as those of H. fortipes, but in colour 

 I think they are somewhat deeper and they are also a purer chocolate, 

 none of my eggs having the reddish tinge which is generally present 

 in eggs of that species. The eggs, of which I have five, average 

 •71"x-51". 



(185) H. majok. — The Large Bush-Warbler. 



Oates, No. 452 ; Hume, No. 529. 



Bill pale yellowish-brown, the culmen and tip darker, irides brown, 

 legs reddish-fleshy. This bird is very rare here and, as far as I know 

 at present, entirely confined to the higKest peaks about Hungrum. 

 The only three birds I have seen were all trapped on their nests. 

 These (the nests) are very deep cups made of fine grasses and a few 

 bamboo leaves and the inner part entirely of shreds of fine grass ; in 

 two nests there was a thick lining of feathers just as in the nests of 

 H. fortipes, but in the third there were not half a dozen feathers 

 altogether. One nest contained three eggs, of which one was unfor- 

 tunately broken, and the remaining two contained two each. Five 

 eggs are like those described as belonging to H. pallidipes, but are 

 even darker ; the third clutch, on the other hand, is quite as bright as 

 most eggs of H. fortipes, and probably a full series of each species of 

 this genus would show that they all range equally from the lightest 

 to the darkest shades. 



All eggs of this genus become mildewed very easily, being in this 

 respect much like the red eggs of some of the Prinias. 



(186) H. cantubiens.— The Large Bush-Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 453. 



A single specimen recorded by Hume from Lakhipur in Cachar. 



(187) Phtllergates coronatus. — The Golden-headed Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 454 ; Hume, No. 531. 



Irides tan-brown. I obtained several specimens of this bird in 

 1887 and 1888, but since then I do not think I have seen three. 



The nests which I have had brought to me, on which the parent birds 

 were said to have been trapped, were a sort of link between the nests 



