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aud the extraordinary thing was that all the nests were built 

 in close proximity to those of a Drongo : in fact, if there 

 happened to be a 'Mving Crow's'" nest in the compound, 

 and if any Orioles were beard, it was almost a certainty that 

 their nest would he placed near that of the Drongo. I also 

 found the Little Red Dove, (E. iranquebarica, taking the 

 same advantage and nesting under the protection of "King 

 Crows/^ 0. tenuirostris also breeds in the Fort at Mandalay, 

 where I found one nest in my compound. 



The eggs, which are usually three in number, are of the 

 regular family type, a dull white^ sparingly dotted vpith dark 

 red and black spots. 



Average of six eggs = 1"15 X '86. 



■ Largest = 1-2 x '88. 



Smallest = 1-12 x -86. 



.SJthiopsar alhicinctus. (Plate I. fig. 20.) 



jEtkiopsar alhicinctus (Godw.-Aust. and Wald.) ; Gates-, 

 Fauna, i. p. 541 ; S. Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 269. 



The nesting and eggs of the Collared Myna are now well 

 known, and I have nothing to add to Mr. Stuart Baker's 

 notes except the rtndi ng of a spotted egg, in a clutch of four, 

 taken from a nest in a hole in the Fort Ditch at Bhamo, on 

 the 15tii of May, 1905. This e^^ is of the usual blue colour, 

 but has numerous rusty red spots^ and is now figured. 



Oreicola ferrea haringtoni. 



Oreicola ferrea haringtoni Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i. 

 1910, p. 711. 



Oreicola ferrea (Hodgs.) ; Oates^ Fauna, ii. 1890, p. 66 

 [part] ; Harington, Bombay Journ. xiv. 1902, p. 598, xviii. 

 1908, p. 686, xix. 1909, p. 299. 



Hartert's Bush-Chat is a common breeding species in the 

 hills of Burma above 5000 feet. When I first took its nest I 

 was greatly struck with the colour of the eggs, which are quite 

 different from the descriptions given of those of 0. ferrea 

 from India. In the 'Catalogue of Eggs in the British 

 Museum/ Mr. Gates draws attention to this difference 



