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18. Malacocercus Earlii. — " Burra phenga." Nest hemispherical; 

 of grasses, rather loosely interwoven : generally on bushes in jungle. 

 Eggs 2 to 4 ; f f X T J ; rather lengthened shape ; clear full verditer 

 blue. June. 



19. Malacocercus caudatus, (Dumeril). — " Chota Phenga/' Nest pre- 

 cisely the same as foregoing. Eggs also, but size somewhat less, -j-| X -f. 

 (The bird was snared and brought to me with the nest.) June. 



20. Mirafra affinis? Jerdon.— " Leepee." Nest ordinary, of grasses. 

 4 inches diameter, placed on the ground, under shelter of clods, tussocks 

 of grass, &c, in fallow fields or open patches in jungles. Eggs 3 or 4, 

 ordinary, rather lengthened, |f X T \, dirty ashy-white, with stains, 

 smudges and specks of dusky, ashy, and rusty-brown. 



21. Mirafra phcenicura. — " Koowan leepee." Nest flat, shallow, 

 circular, 4 inches diameter ; placed in meadows, in long grass, which it 

 entwines over the nest, leaving only a small passage open. Eggs 4 ; 

 lengthened, blunted ; -j- X -f ; dirty greenish-white, thickly sprinkled with 

 pale and dark brown confluent spots. June. 



22. Sturnus contra. — " Ram bunnee" of the Bengalees. " Goohia 

 Sharo" of Hindustanees. Common Pied Myna. Nest large, circular, 

 shallow, sometimes a foot in diameter, of twigs, grasses and down, high 

 up in Mangoe, Mowhooa, or Doomoor trees ; often on bamboos. Eggs 

 5, 1-J- X yf> ordinary — clear greenish verditer-blue. 



23. Caprimulgus albonotatus, mihi. " Jungle Nightjar." " Chup- 

 pa." No nest. Eggs laid on the bare ground, in bush jungle, generally 

 2 ; shape blunt and both ends nearly equal. Male egg l-^- X T f, pale 

 fleshy-clay colour, sprinkled with patches of darker brownish-red ; female 

 egg lyV X -J, paler and redder. 



24. (Edicnemus crepitans. — Thick-kneed Plover. " Khurma." Nest 

 a small patch of grass, moss, and thistle or seed down, about 5 inches 

 diameter, placed on the gravel, in jungle, without attempt at conceal- 

 ment. Eggs 2; l|f x lyV; shape ordinary, rather blunt, pale clay 

 colour, splashed and blotched with dark brown. June and July. 



25. Drymoica sylvatical — " Tot rungee." Nest very neat, compact, 

 deep, globular ; 3 inches in diameter. Coarse grasses outside, fine 

 grass within, the edges cleanly defined ; attached to reeds, rushes, &c. 

 Eggs 3, blunt; size fXiV Fleshy white, with patches and scratches 

 as of dried blood ; darker spots showing through shell. June, 



