212 A. C. McMaster — Notes on Central Indian Birds. [No. 3, 



No. 460, Otocompsa jocosa. — I shot this bird at Chikalda in 

 May ; Jerdon says it is rare in the Central table land ; Blanford 

 never saw it in Central India ; it has probably followed the chain 

 of Western Ghats northward from the Neilgherries where it is 

 very abundant 



No. 464. Phyllornis Mallabarica. — Chikalda, in June. 



No. 470. Oriolus kundoo. — I found several nests of this 

 bird at Kamptee during June and July ; they corresponded exactly 

 with Jerdon's admirable description, at page 108, volume II. Has 

 any writer mentioned that this bird has a faint, but very sweet and 

 plantive song which he continues for a considerable time ? I have 

 only heard it when a family, old and young, were together, i. e., 

 at the close of the breeding season. 



No. 473. Oriolus Ceylonensis. — I got either this bird, or 

 No, 472, at Chikalda, and agree with Mr. A. Hume, who (J. A. S.B. 

 1870, p. 118) utterly disbelieves in " Ceylonensis" as a distinct 

 species. 



No. 480. Thamnobia Cambaiensis. — Three pairs of these birds 

 built about the roof of my house at Kamptee. One nest was com- 

 posed of coir matting stolen from me and lined with the red wool 

 which had dropped from an old carpet daily beaten near the spot ; 

 there were no snake skins in the nest (vide Jerdon), but in it were 

 two or three pieces of the brilliant mica, so abundant at Kamptee, 

 and these very much resembled scales from snake skins. 



No. 497. Euticilla rupiventris. — I first remarked this bird 

 at Kamptee on the 1st of October and there were a good number 

 here on the 3rd March. Does it change its colour in summer ? 

 The rufous tints struck me as becoming paler and more yellowish 

 in February and March ; I was told of a mistake about the nest of 

 this bird, similar to that mentioned at page 138, Volume II, of 

 Jerdon. 



No. 556. Phylloscopus magknirostris. — I think I got .this 

 bird at Chikalda in May. 



No. 569. Culicipeta Burkii. — A pair of these pretty little birds 

 was obtained at Kamptee in February, and others were not uncom- 

 mon in May at Chikalda, where they probably breed. 



