226 SHORT NOTES. 



broadly margined with fulvous, the black predominating 

 on the forehead and crown and the fulvous on the nape ; 

 the innermost wing-coverts pure white ; primary wings 

 coverts and winglet black edged with whitish ; quills 

 rusty black, the primaries narrowly, the other quill- 

 broadly edged with pale rufous on the outer edge and 

 tip; lower rump and tail-coverts white broadly tipped 

 with orange-rufous; tail black, edged and tipped with 

 pale rufous, broadest on the outer feathers ; lores, sides 

 of the head, chin and throal black, the feathers of the 

 chin and throat strongly tipped with fulvous- white and 

 a curved line of the same colour running from the nos- 

 trils over the eye ; a patch of white feathers tipped with 

 orange-rufous on each side of the neck ; breast orange- 

 rufous ; remainder of the lower plumage pale rufous, 

 palest on the centre of the abdomen and lower tail 

 coverts; under wing-coverts and axillaries black with 

 narrow white tips ; inner edge of the wing quills whitish. 

 It is dark brown; bill and feet black (Capt. H. R. 

 Baker). Length 130 millimetres; tail 53; wing 68; 

 tarens 20 ; bill from gape 16. 



C. Boden Kloss. 



Nesting of the Little Grey Woodpecker. 



The little grey woodpecker Jungipicus canicapillus is a very 

 common bird in Singapore and may often be seen running about 

 dead boughs in search of insects. The nest and eggs of it have 

 however never been described. Captain H. R. Baker however 

 espied one evidently nesting, in the dead bough of a tree 

 (Vernoniaarborea) in the Botanic Gardens at a height of about 

 15 feet from the ground. He first noticed it making the hole 

 in the first week of March, and on the 24th he and I went to 

 the tree and cut it across to get the eggs which were by them 

 unfortunately almost ready to hatch. The eggs 2 in number 

 were deposited at the bottom of the hole. Without any lining 

 or attempt at a nest. They were rounded, but pointed at the 

 small end and measured *67 by *54 and -65 by -54 respectively 



Jour. Straits Branch 



