538 Mr. W. Jesse on the 
have ever found was five, but I f aucy that four is the proper 
number^ and three hard-set eggs or young are frequent. 
The following are a few details taken from my diary : — 
Mar. 4 nest and 4 fresh eggs : babool. 
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3 nearly-fledged young : babool. 
5 (3 set ; 2 rotten) e^^'S, : babool. 
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96 
April 14 
May 
9. 
ii 
14, 
>5 
22 
June 
13 
July 
11 
5? 
JJ 
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„ 1 fresh e^g : babool. 
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JJ ^ « >7 
,, 4 ,, slieshum. 
„ 3 ,, babool. 
,, 2 half-fledsred youno- : babool. 
Average of 13 Luckuow eggs 1-01"X"76" 
Measurement of largest egg 1-06" x "80" 
„ smallest agg -97" x -74" 
No. 473. Lantus vittatus. Bay-backed Shrike. 
Small-caste Butcher-bird [Anglo-Indian boys] . 
Not very numerous^ but a few are met with during the 
season. At one time two or three pairs used to frequent 
the ^' cork " trees near the place now occupied by John's 
Ice Factory^ but of late years they have disappeared. I 
have not taken many nests, and in most instances they have 
been hard to find, as the bird is much more careful in 
concealing her home than other Shrikes. It is placed in 
a large fork close to the trunk for preference, and is very 
neat, made of rags, tow, grass, &c. The eggs are from three 
to five, of the usual Shrike-like character, and often very 
handsome. 
The following are the details of my discoveries : — 
Mar. 21 nest ready for eggs : cork-tree. 
„ 27 nest and 1 fresh Qgg : babool. 
April 9 „ 3 „ „ 
May 5 „ 2 young : babool. 
June 5 „ 3 fresh eggs : babool. 
„ 9 „ 2 young and 2 addled eggs : babool. 
„ 30 „ 5 fresh egirs : babool. 
July 1 „ 2 
"CO" 
Average of 10 Lucknow eggs '79" x '60" 
Measurement of largest egg '81" X '64" 
„ smallest egg -72" x 'oS" 
