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stream. The nest, which was made entirely of moss, was of no 

 particular shape outwardly and had probably fitted the base of the hole 

 in which it was built. The egg cavity measured about 2*5" across by 

 about 1" deep. The eggs, three in number, are of the Cyornis type; in 

 ground-colour a very pale greyish-green ; two eggs were covered with 

 rather distinct freckles of reddish-brown, numerous everywhere, but 

 more especially so at the larger end where in one they form a narrow 

 ring. In the third egg the marks are of the same colour and character, 

 but are confined almost entirely to the large end, there running into one 

 another and forming a well-defined cap. 



The three eggs measure '17" X -56' 1 , *75" X *55", and "72" X *55". 

 They were just beginning to show signs of incubation. 



(249) Alseonax latirostkis. — The Brown Fly-catcher. 

 Oates, No. 588; Hume, No. 297. 



Only, I think, a winter visitant. 



(250) A. ruficaudus.-— The Rufous-tailed Fly-catcher. 

 Oates, No. 589 ; Hume, No. 307. 



I shot a bird which, 1 believe, belonged to this species in May, 1891, 

 on the Hangrum Peak at about 5,600 feet elevation. I did not 

 preserve the bird, and I cannot now be absolutely sure that my 

 identification was correct. 



(251) A. muttui. — Layard's Fly-catcher. 

 Oates, No. 590 ; Hume, No. 299 Ter. and No. 307 Bis. 



I found this little fly-catcher breeding in the Laisung Valley and took 

 three or four nests. Unlike -most of its nearest relations, it does not 

 invariably place its nest on the ground or else in some hole or stump. 

 The first nest I ever saw was one shown to me by a small Naga boy 

 built in amongst a mass of wild raspberry shoots and neatly placed 

 in a fork of one of the larger branches. The nest itself was a most 

 beautifully compact, well-made little hemisphere of moss and lined 

 with fine fern and moss roots. 



In diameter it was about 2"8" outwardly and 1*75" or less inwardly, 

 the depth of the cavity being about "85". It contained five eggs 

 which bore the stamp " Fly-catcher's " plainly on them and but for 

 their small size might well have been mistaken for eggs of Cyornis. 

 The colour is pale stone, but this is almost entirely obliterated with the 

 dense stipplings and freckles of light olive-brown, so completely 



