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with the cottony blossoms of jungle grass plastered on : lining of fine 

 hay. Eggs 4; shape ordinary, size 1 T 7 o + * ts 5 c °l° r P lain wllite > soiled 

 with faint brownish here and there. Found in a Mowhooa tree, near 

 jungle. August. 



7. Ploceus philippinus ? PL baya, Blyth. — (" Baya.") Nest very 

 large ; pendent ; from 2 ft. to 1% ft. in length, attached to branch by a 

 long neck ; body of nest ovo-globular, the whole solid except a spherical 

 space near bottom, which is entered from below sideways and contains 

 the eggs, &c. Nest composed entirely of fine hay, without any other 

 lining; sometimes two or three joined together. At all times several 

 on the same tree, which is chiefly the palm, or Khujoor, or any large 

 tree of spreading branches and scanty foliage, especially if leaning over 

 water. Eggs 6 to 10 in number, pure white, shape ordinary, size 

 iiX T V August. 



8. Ardeola leucoptera, (v. malaccemis, Auct.) — Common brown Pad- 

 dy-bird (" Chota bug.") Nest large, 1 ft. in diameter, shallow, coarsely 

 made of dry twigs, generally on a mango or any medium-sized tree 

 near water ; often in company with nests of the Crow and Myna. Eggs 

 6 or 7, much rounded and broad ; pale bluish-green. Male egg 1-^ x 

 1 3V ; female egg 1 T V X 1 T V August. 



9. Herodias bubulcus, v. russata, &c. — (" Gow bug.*') Nest as in 

 preceding ; often several on the same tree. Eggs 2 or 3 ; narrower and 

 longer than in A. leucoptera ; same colour ; size Iff x l-jfe, August. 



10. Columba (Turtur) suratensis. — (" Googoo.") Nest large, flat, 

 of dry twigs, lined with hay ; on a Mowhooa or Mango tree. Eggs 2 

 to G ; ordinary, rather blunt, pure white : size 1 X yf. 



11. Turtur risoria. — Indian Ring-dove, (" Pundook.") Nest and 

 eggs as in preceding, but larger = 1 T \ X ■§-. August. 



12. Dendrocygna arcuata— Whistling Duck (" Sillee" or " Saral.") 

 Nest large, flat ; when on the ground made of reeds, flags, &c. hidden in 

 the rank grass, sometimes half floating on the water. Often on the 

 bole of a mango or peepul tree — at the base of a large fork, or in a 

 hollow on the summit of the trunk, when it is composed of twigs, with 

 hay. Eggs numerous, from 6 to 8 or 10. Shape a little lengthened, 

 with both ends blunt ; pure white with a blush of faint rose-colour and 

 clouds of* opaque white ; size male egg 2 X l^g- ; female egg, 1|| x 1J. 

 July and August. 



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