20 Major II, H. Harington on the 



more or less form a zone round the larger end ; they 

 measure '78 x *58. 



Campophaga melanoptera. 



Campophaga melanoptera (Riipp.) ; Oates_, Fauna, i. 1889, 

 p. 492. 



I believe the nesting of the Pale-grey Cuckoo-Shrike has 

 not been recorded from Burma before, though it has lately 

 been described from Cliina by Lieut. Vaughan, R.N., in 

 'The Ibis' of April, 1913. 



I found this species very plentiful at Mayrayo, but had 

 very bad luck with its nests, of which I found three alto- 

 gether. These were all shallow cups placed either in forks 

 or on a branch, and were only noticeable after they had 

 been given away by the birds. One contained two young 

 birds and one egg. Another I watched building; the bird 

 eventually started incubating one egg, which I took ; a third, 

 also building, was inaccessible. This bird has a monotonous 

 call, very like the hen of the Uufous-bellied Cuckoo, 

 Cacomantis merulinus, and is also very like the Drongo 

 Cuckoo in appearance, and from a casual glance may often 

 be mistaken for a Grey Drongo, and for these reasons be 

 overlooked. My one e^^ is similar to those described by 

 Lieut. Vaughan. 



Oriolus tenuirostris. 



Oriolus tenuirostris Blyth ; Gates, Fauna, i. 1889, p. 503 ; 

 S. Baker, Bombay Journ, ix. 1894, p. 118 ; Harington, ibid. 

 XX. 1911, p. 1007, xxi. 1912, p. 587. 



The Burmese Griole is extremely plentiful at Maymyo, 

 where we found several nests. These were suspended in the 

 usual Griole fashion, and were very substantially built of 

 yellow grass and leaves, measuring outside about 6x4x3 

 deep and inside 4 x 3x2-5 deep. Nests are not easy to find, 

 as they are remarkably well concealed, although one may be 

 sure of their presence from the behaviour of the birds. 

 Many were nesting near houses in the station of Maymyo, 



