Nidificaiion of some Birds from Burma. 9 



together with the parent hird^ by Capt. F. E. W. Venning, 

 who kindly gave both to me. I quote liis description from 

 the Bombay Journal, The nest was found at Haka, 

 6000 feet up in the Chin Hills. 



" One nest found on the 13th of April. It was an open 

 cup composed of dead leaves and thick grass stems, lined 

 with fine root-fibres, placed about two feet above the ground, 

 between the stems of a small thorny bush at the head of 

 a little swamp. The interior diameter of the nest was 

 3^ inches, with a depth of 1-| to 2 inches. When found 

 there was only one egg ; a second was laid on the 14th, after 

 which the bird was continually on the nest till the 18th, 

 when it was shot and the nest taken. ^' 



The eggs are of a pure turquoise blue, measuring " 1-2 x '86 

 and 1-19 X -83.^' 



Babax lanceolatus yunnanensis, 



Babax yunnanensis Rippon, Bull. B. O. C. xv. 1905, p. 96 ; 

 Harington, Bombay Journ. xix. 1909, p. 112. 



The Yunnan Babbler was first described by Col. Bippon 

 from Yunnan, and seems to me to be identical with B.l. lanceo- 

 latus. I met with it in the Bhamo Hills, between 5000 and 

 6000 feet. It prefers the more open hill-sides, which are 

 covered with bracken and bramble bushes, and never enters 

 the dense secondary growth which springs up after cultiva- 

 tion. From the description of their plumage and habits, 

 and from the colour of their eggs, the genus Bahax seems to 

 me more nearly allied to Crateropus than to the Laughing- 

 Thrushes of the genera Garrulax and Dryonastes. 



Nests found during May were of the usual Babbler type, 

 and were placed in bushes and brambles quite close to the 

 ground. The eggs, of which three or four seem to be 

 the usual number, are a deep glossy blue of the regular 

 Crateropus- and ^?'_^?/«-colouring, and are similar in colour 

 to those of the last-named species, B. I. victoria. 

 Average of nine eggs = l'06x'8. 

 Largest = ri4x'85. 



Smallest = l"04x*75. 



