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ground ; this is composed of grass and leaves^ and falls to 

 pieces if removed. The eggs, generally three in number, 

 occasionally four, are identical with those laid by ;S^. mandelli, 

 and vary from a pale greenish to a pale yellowish stone- 

 colour, spotted all over with numerous dark brownish spots, 

 smudges and streaks; they measure about '8 x '6. 



Actinodura egertoni ripponi. (Plate I. fig. 18.) 



Actinodura ripjjoni O. -Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 185 ; 

 Harington, Bombay Journ. xix. 1909, p. 118. 



This Bar-wing is another species which is very hard to 

 determine. My specimens from the Bhamo Hills seem to be 

 nearest to A. ripponi, which was first described from the Chin 

 Hills, although in some cases they are near A. khasiana, 

 from Assam. It is not a very common bird up at Siulum, 

 and I only managed to get two nests, containing two eggs 

 each. These were placed in bamboos, and were rather deep 

 cups, composed of moss, bamboo leaves and roots, measuring 

 4x5 outside, and 2*5 x 275 deep inside. 



The eggs are very handsome, being, like those of A. 

 khasiana from Assam, a bright blue, spotted and streaked 

 with numerous lines of a rich reddish-brown, and measuring 

 •9X-66. 



Yuhina diademata ampelina. (Plate I. fig. 14.) 



Yuhina ampelina Rippon, Bull. B. O. C. xi. 1900, p. 12 ; 

 Harington, Bombay Journ. xix. 1909, p. 119. 



llippon's Yuhina is very common up at Sinlum, and 

 puzzled me a great deal when I was collecting, as it is quite 

 unlike any other Indian bird, and it was only when I got 

 home that I discovered to what species it belonged, and 

 that it had been described from practically the same locality 

 by Col. Rippon. 



It is very Tit-like in its habits and notes, and continuously 

 raises its crest and so reveals the conspicuous white patch 

 at the back of its head. I found several neists during April ; 

 these were all placed between the upright stems of wild rasp- 

 berry bushes, from three to four feet from the ground, and 



