400 Birds of the Jhehim District. 
on the eggs . They were lying about a foot from the 
path in a slight hollow, in which were a few pieces of both 
green and dry grass. The nest with its protectively col- 
oured eggs was very hard to see indeed, although the grass 
which was a foot high and coarsely luxuriant was not very 
thick . The eggs coincided well with the dark earth . As 
I was not certain of the species of Quail I tried to obtain 
the bird but could not find her again, nor did she return 
to the nest before dark. However, next day I found her 
on the nest, and although I missed her as she rose, T was 
able to mark the direction of her flight, and after somi; 
search flushed her again. It proved to be the T.ittle But- 
ton Quail {Tuniix dussumicri) — a species that is not un- 
rommon here. The four eggs were fresh, and in the birds' 
ovary were a large soft egg nearly full sized and a smaller 
one the size of a buckshot . 
These eggs are dull greenish white in colour, speckled 
%ll over with brown, yellowish brown, and dark brgwn. 
There are in addition small irregular blotches of dull 
blue-black ink colour, and dark brown, which tend to 
2one towards the broader ends of the eggs . 
Two eggs measvire 24.5, x 19.5 m.m. ,and the other two 
24.5 X 20 mm. 
Not far from the Quail's nest was a nest with 5 mod- 
erately incubated eggs of the Rufous -fronted Wren-Warbler 
(Franklinia hucJianani) . The nest was a broad upright 
oval, measuring roughly 4 inches by 3}, with the entrance 
situated near the top on one side, there being a slight 
vestige of a porch. The materials of which it was composed 
were fine grass stems and heads, mixed with a few coarse 
pieces of grass, the whole being held together and lightly 
covered inside and out with pieces of white cotton-like down. 
There was no other lining. I have occasionally met with 
such nests in construction and noted that the outline of the 
nest is always lightly sketched in first by a delicate net- 
work of these downy threads . 
This nest was situated about a foot from the groTind 
in a thorn bough which had been cut down and left on 
the ground, the grass having grown up through it — a 
very favourite site for these tiny Warblers . 
August 25. — Saw 3 full grown Gre3' Partridges (FrancoUnus pon<l/rcri- 
anus) sitting uj) at the top of a thorn tree with some 
Babblers . 
Another brood of young Rufous-backed Shrikes {TMiiriiis 
erythronotus) seen: also a Green Sandpiper. 
August 26. — A Pea-Hen was seen escorting a single chick about a day 
old in my compound, so the chick was caught and given to 
a hen to rear. It was quite fearless. 
