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The bird must nest very frequently as it is so common and I 

 have often seen it making holes in trees as if to nest and on one 

 occassion, knew of one which seemed to roost regularly in a hole 

 it had made in a dead bough, in the Gardens, where it could be 

 seen every evening sitting in the mouth of the hole, but though 

 it was the breeding season. I found neither eggs nor young 

 birds in the nest. 



H. N. Ridley. 



Nesting of Draco Fimbriates. 



While walking along a jungle track in the forests at Rantan 

 Panjang in Selangor, in August, I came across a nest of this 

 large flying lizard. Mr, Burn-Murdoch who was walking in front 

 called my attention to the eggs, and I found I had stepped t on 

 the female lizard which was sitting by the nest and was so much, 

 the color of the dead leaves that I did not see it. The 

 eggs four in number were laid in a depression apparently 

 scooped out by the lizard in the sandy soil. They were oblong 

 with rounded ends 15 mm. long and 8 or 9 mm. thick, quite 

 white. 



H. N. Ridley. 



A Wasp attacking a Leaf-mining Caterpillar. 



In December last I observed a small species of wasp, of the 

 class that the Malays call Peningat, running about on a young 

 mangosteen leaf which was attacked by a leaf-mining caterpillar. 

 The upper epidermis of the leaf had been r?ised by the caterpil- 

 lar on both sides of the midrib. The wasp about J iL ch long, was 

 tearing the loosened epidermis and eventually crept underneath 

 in pursuit of the grub, which was at the further end of its bur- 

 row. It was unable apparently to get across the midrib, and 

 after searching about for sometime came out and as it seemed 

 accidentally in running about on the upper surface of the leaf 

 came across the larva. It immediately tore away .the loose epi- 

 dernis above it and seizing its prey flew off with it. The wasp is 



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