Nidificatiou of some Birds from Burma. 5 



The nest is of the usual type^ a pad of moss liued with 

 a few feathers, and a great deal of fur and hair. The eggs 

 are also of the family type, white, profusely spotted with 

 rusty red. Four to seven seem to be the general number 

 laid. 



The Maymyo eggs run larger than the Sinlum ones. 



Average of seven Maymyo eggs 



= 



•71 X -5. 



Largest 



=. 



•73X-53. 



Smallest 



= 



•70 X -5. 



Average of four Sinlum eggs 



= 



•63X-51. 



Largest 



= 



•65X-51. 



Smallest 



= 



•6 x-5. 



.Sgithaliscus erythrocephalus talifuensis. (Plate L fig. 12.) 



JEgithaliscus talifuensis Rippon, Bull. B. O. C. xiv. 1908, 

 p. 18; Ilarington, Bombay Journ. xix. 1909, p. 110. 



The Yunnanese Long-tailed Tit is fairly plentiful iu the 

 Bhamo Hills, and was originally described by Col. Rippon 

 from Yunnan. It is an early breeder at Sinlum, and I 

 think must have two broods, as during April and May I saw 

 several family parties about. On the 28tli of April, 1908, 

 after having watched and hunted in vain for over a week, 

 I was rewarded in finding a nest containing three eggs ; this 

 was placed between the stems of a wild raspberry bush, and 

 at about two feet from the ground. It was a beautiful little 

 miniature Long-tailed Tit's nest, composed on the outside 

 entirely of moss, and lined with fine vegetable down, inside 

 which was an inner lining of feathers. I also found another 

 nest in the process of building, which seems to be a very 

 lengthy operation, as T watched it for over a fortnight. 

 When at last I thought it would be complete I again visited 

 it, hoping to get another clutch of eggs, but I found I had 

 been again forestalled, as the nest was completely destroyed, 

 as well as another I was watching close hy. 



The eggs are a pure glossless white, with a zone of minute 

 reddish spots round the larger end. 



Average of three eggs = "55 x ^l. 

 Largest = •57x*41'. 



Smallest = ■52X-44. 



