trees, and is merely a migrant in the Province, as he has only shot specimens from 
April to July. He has never seen it in mangrove-swamps, and it appears to keep to the 
coast. He found a nest at Amherst, in a rather thick tree-jungle, placed on the ground 
at the root of a tree and partly hidden by grass. It was composed of dry twigs and 
leaves lined with fibres, and had a thick foundation of dead leaves. The structure 
was globular in shape, and had a circular opening about midway on one side, the roof 
projecting over and forming a canopy. The diameter was 10 inches, and 9:5 in height, 
the diameter of the entrance 3-5, and the nest was loosely constructed. At its base 
was a platform, about four inches wide, made of twigs, sloping gradually to the level 
of the ground, the top being on about a level with the bottom of the egg-cavity. It 
contained four eggs, of an oval form, glossy, and spotted and streaked with purple, 
lilac, or chocolate, most dense at the larger end, on a pure white ground. They 
measured 1:04 to 1-1 inch in length, and from 0:82 to 0:86 in breadth. 
Mr. Oates says the species is common in Pegu, and distributed in suitable localities 
over the whole Province. 
