2 Major H, H. Hariugton on the 



Pica pica sericea Gould ; Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i. 

 1903, p. 2:2. 



The Chinese Magpie is common in the valleys of the 

 southern Shan States, east of Fort Stedmau, and in the 

 Bhamo district on the Chinese frontier^ two or three 

 couples occurring round the station of Bhamo itself. I 

 believe it also is common in the Ruby Mines district, round 

 Mogok. Its nest, which is similar to that of the English 

 subspecies, is generally very conspicuous, and seems to be 

 repaired from year to year^ sometimes being very massive. 

 On the frontier, where trees are very scarce, I once saw 

 more than a dozen nests in one tree. It is an early breeder, 

 laying in February and March, five and six being the usual 

 complement of eggs. Both in the Shan States and in the 

 Bhamo district, where crows are not plentiful, I have taken 

 the eggs of the Koel (^Eudynamis honorata) from the nest of 

 the Chinese Magpie. 



The eggs of this species are very similar to those of the 

 English Magpie, but seem to me rather larger. 



Average of eleven eggs = 1-45 x "98.* 

 Largest = 1"5 x •95. 



Smallest =: 1-38 Xl'O. 



G-arrulus leucotis. (Plate I. figs. 19, 21.) 



Garrulus leucotis Hume ; Oates, Fauna, i. 1889, p. 39 ; 

 Harington, Bombay Journ. xviii. 1908, p. 686; xx. 1911, 

 p. 1003; xxi. 1912, p. 585. 



I have recorded the nesting of the Burmese Jay in the 

 above numbers of the Bombay Journal. It is widely distri- 

 buted along the eastern side of Burma, from Tenasserim 

 in the south, through Karennee and the Siian States up to 

 the Bhamo district, where I procured a specimen near the 

 Chinese frontier. It seems very partial to oak forests, and 

 round Maymyo, where the jungles consist almost entirely of 

 oak and chestnut, it is particularly common. 



In April, 1910, I was ordered up to Maymyo, and on 

 the 13th, during the march lip, I found my first nest of 



* All measurements are in inclies. 



