Birds of the Jhehim District. 
one to three feel from the ground. Another but less com- 
mon site is the tangle formed when a heap of thorny 
branches has boen cut down and left to rot on the tfround, 
half covered by luxuriant grass. 
A typical nest with five fresh eggs taken to-day may 
be described as follows : a regular oval of slight but firm 
constvuction, with the entrance ntar the top of one side ; 
composed of dry fragments and stems of grass, and Khus, 
mixed with a little cotton-like Downy-thn^ad, the bottom of 
the nest being more thickly lined with the same : The 
height of the nest is about 3~ inches, the greatest breadth 2 
anil five-sixths inches. Slight variations on this type are 
founil, chiefly a matter of shape, position of the entrance 
hole, and degree of thickness of the lining. 
Of the nests found to-day, one was half-built, one con- 
tained 5 eggs, one contained broken eggs, one contained 
naked young, and several were empty. 
Many Sj-kes' Tree -Warblers tHypohiis riniia) have ar- 
rived on migration. Seveial A.shy-Crowned Finch -Larks 
{l'i/niiiilaii<la grisca) noted singly and in parties — these 
are, 1 think also new arrivals. 
To be continued. 
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Recent Arrivals of Birds of Paradise, etc. 
Our meiuher. Mr. W. J. C. Frost, who has been collecting in Aru 
Islands, New (luiiiea, etc., for the London Zoo and other clients, has suc- 
ceeded in collecting and safely landing a choice collection of inteiesting, 
rare and uncommon species, many of which are to be seen in the cages and 
aviaries of the London Zoo, among which are the following : — 
Fkom Till". Ai!i' IsL.^NDS : 18 Greater and 22 King Birds of Paradise ; 
3 Violet and 1 Black Manucodes ; 3 Dujierry's Me^apodes ; 4 Lilac-fronted, 
G Orange-bellied, 2 Pearl-spotted and 1 Magenta-capped Fruit-Pigeons ; 3 
Long-tailed Brown Doves ; 2 Blue-eyed Ravens ; 2 (Hossy Calornis ; 4 
Honeyeaters ; 1 Pitta (A^/'-'(r.'//(/;/e(0 ," 6 Ci-imson-fronted Lories; 2 Red- 
sided Eclectus ; 1 Yellow-bellied Ground I'igeon, and 15 Dumont's Grackles. 
Fkom N.W. Nkw Gri.NE.A. : 2 Lesser Birds of Paradise, 2 Forsten's 
Lorikeets, and 1 Black Lory. 
Fkom S W. New Guixka: 2 Pied Egrets. 
Fro.m Teximbek Islands: 2 Blue-tailod Fruit-Pigeons, and 4 Blue- 
streaked Lories. 
Fkom Ceram : 2 Purple-capjiod Lories. 
Fi!()M Java : 3 Fairj Blue-Birds, 2 Ruby-throated Bulbuls, 2 Black- 
breasted Button (^uail, and 1 Red Dove. 
