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of about- '2000 feet above sea-level, in a new clearing near the edge 

 ol: some heavy jungle." 



The eggs taken by Mr. Bourdillon, though much discoloured 

 when they reached me, were in most other respects precisely similar 

 to those taken in the Andamans, although a shade larger. They 

 varied from 0-76 to 0-78 in length and from 0-6 to 0-63 in breadth. 



Mr. J. Inglis, writing of this species in Cachar, says : — " The 

 Indian Loriquet is rather common ; it breeds on the hills about 

 April. It is often found sucking honey from a large red flower in 

 March, when as many as four or live can sometimes be killed at a 

 shot. It flies at a great pace, but is not in the least shy." 



Major C. T. Bingham found the nest of this species in Tenas- 

 serim. He writes ; — " This bird is very common in the Thoungyeen 

 valley. 



" On the 24th February, 1880, a nest-hole of this pretty little 

 Loriquet was pointed out to me by a Karen, in the branch of a 

 large silk-cotton tree {Bombax) on the bank of the Meplay choung 

 below Gatai village. It was on the side of the branch at a height 

 of about 40 feet from the ground, so that it was with a good deal 

 of difficulty I managed to get the three eggs it contained down by 

 the help of a rope ladder I had constructed, which, however, did 

 not work well. 



" The hole was about IJ inch in diameter, and about 6 or 7 

 inches deep, going in obliquely inwards towards the base of the 

 branch. It was unlined, except for a few fragments of chipped 

 wood. The eggs were dull dead white, glossless and rather 

 roundish ; they measure respectively 0'68 by 0-59, 0'69 by 0-60, 

 0-68 by 0-61 inch." 



Order STRIGES. 



Family STRIGID^. 



Stiix javanica, Gmel. The Indian Bam-Owl. 



Strix javanica, De Wurmb., Je.rd. B. Ind. \, p. 117. 



Strix javanica, Gmel, Hnme, Rough Draft N. Sr -B. no. 60. 



The Indian Barn-Owl, the representative in India of the 

 European Barn-Owl, lays (apparently) in Upper India from the 

 middle of February to the middle of June; Mr. E. M. Adam 

 obtained the eggs on the 10th June near Agra ; Mr. Brooks ob- 

 tained them near Etawah on the 17th of February; and I have 

 obtained them on three occasions in March in AUygurh, near 

 Jeypoor, and near Lucknow. In the Central Provinces they lay 

 from November to January. 



