488 Mr. W. Jesse on the 
from mankind. I have taken nests from April to Augnst 
on all kinds of trees. The usual number of eggs is three; 
they are pinkish white, spotted and blotched with claret-colour. 
On one occasion I took two hard-set eggs from a nest on a 
rafter in a bungalow-verandah. 
Average of 10 Lucknow eggs '87" x "64" 
Measurement of largest e^^ "95" x '72" 
„ smallest eg^ •75"x -63" 
No. 288. Otocompsa emeria. Bengal Red-whiskered 
Bulbul. 
Kangra Bulbul [H. Lucknow]. Conqueror Bulbul 
[Anglo-Indian boys] . 
This Bulbul is very common in Lucknow itself, less so in 
the district outside. It is particularly fond of such localities 
as the Wingfield Park_, the Horticultural Gardens, and the 
Clock Tower Gardens. I have taken its nest in all months 
from the middle of March to the middle of July, but Mr. Reid 
seems to have got the eggs only in May. It is a neat cup 
of grass, fine twigs, bamboo-leaves, cotton, spider^'s webs, 
and similar materials, and is, in most cases, placed in a thick 
bush or creeper. I have several times found it built in one 
of the fern-baskets that swing in the cool damp houses of 
the various nublic gardens. I have never met with more 
than three eggs, which are white or pink, densely spotted and 
blotched with red, claret, and purple. 
Average of 12 Lucknow eggs "82" x '62" 
Measurement of largest eg^ '86" x '70" 
V 
smallest e^^ -80" x -60" 
No. 321. SiTTA CASTANEivENTRis. Ckestnut -bellied Nut- 
hatch, 
Brown Woodpecker [Anglo-Indian boys]. 
This pretty little bird, with its slaty-blue plumage above 
and chestnut coloration below, is very common, a pair inhabit- 
ing almost every mango-grove. It breeds in holes of trees 
from the end of February to the beginning of April. For 
a nest it usually utilizes a hole in a knot in the trunk of a 
mango or pepul, but I have also found more than one in neem 
