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My smallest egg measures 1'31"X'99" and the largest l'62'<xri4". 

 The average size of sixteen eggs is 1'47"X 1*02". They seem to prefer 

 trees, for building purposes, which have no branches for some height 

 from the ground. Year after year they return to the same tree, 

 sometimes making use of an old hole, but more generally making a 

 new one close to it; in this way some trees may be seen with half a 

 dozen, or even more, nest holes, all within a few feet of one another. 

 They always build at a great height from the ground. 



(220) Calornis chalybeius. — The Glossy Calornis. 

 Oates, No. 527 ; Hume, No. 690 Bis and No. 690 Ter. 

 Fairly common, more especially during the cold weather. 

 Family Sturnidce. 

 (221) Sturnia sinensis.— The Chinese Myna. 

 Oates, Wo. 536 ; Hume, No. 688 Ter. 

 I saw a flock of these birds once during March feeding on a large 

 cotton tree near the Stockade. I had no gun with me at the time, and 

 before the man I sent to fetch one had time to return, the birds flew 

 away and I did not again come across them. 



(222) S. malabarica. — The Grey-headed Myna. 

 Oates, No. 538 ; Hume, No. 688. 

 A very common bird here. I once shot a bird of this species (?) 

 with the whole of the underparts white ; with the exception of the 

 vent and a broad rufous pectoral band. 



(223) Ampeliceps coronatus. — The Gold-crest Myna. 

 Oates, No. 543 ; Hume, No. 693 Ter. 

 A very rare bird in North Cachar; seems to be more common in 

 some places in the plains not far from the hills. 



(224) Temenuchus pagodarum. — The Black-headed Myna. 

 Oates, No. 544 ; Hume, No. 687. 

 I came across this bird on one occasion at Deyungmukh in the 

 end of April. It was then there in some numbers, but though I 

 have repeatedly been to the same place since and at about the same 

 time I have never again seen a single specimen. 



(225) Acridotheres tristis. — The Common Myna. 

 Oates, No. 549 ; Hume, No. 684. 

 When I came here, these birds were very uncommon above 500 

 feet, but they are yearly making their way higher, are now common 

 up to 1,500 feet, and are met with now and then up to 3,000, 



